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· 6/14/1989

United States v. Hector M. Rodriguez-Estrada

Citations

  • 877 F.2d 153
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 8540
  • 1989 WL 62532

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing that “the prosecutor’s obligation to desist from the use of pejorative language . . . is every bit as solemn as his obligation to attempt to bring the guilty to account.”
  • describing jurors as \the judges of the witnesses' demeanor and credibility\ even though jurors make no specific findings about a witness's demeanor
  • affirming, in a case where defendant was charged with twenty counts of embezzlement for misappropriating twenty weekly expense allowances, the admission under Rule 404(b
  • comparing evidence, findings, and issues between earlier civil and later criminal trials
  • comparing evidence, findings, and issues between earlier civil and later criminal trials
  • “the prosecutor’s obligation to desist from the use of pejorative language and inflammatory rhetoric is every bit as solemn as his obligation to attempt to bring the guilty to account.”

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Judges: Selya, Aldrich

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