· 5/27/1986
United States v. James K. Farnham
Citations
- 791 F.2d 331
- 20 Fed. R. Serv. 1031
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 25309
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a violation of Rule 615 does not require vacatur of con- victions if the error was harmless
- holding trial court's allowance of multiple representation to be presumptively reversible error: other party need not even show prejudice
- stating that under Rule 615 \we remain bound by the harmless error rule.\
- finding violation of Rule 615 not harmless when two agents testified regarding their personal knowledge of the same events
- the government is generally permitted to have one case agent in the courtroom during trial
- “Although Rule 615 does not require that [the defendant] show prejudice, we remain bound by the harmless error rule.”
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Judges: Winter, Murnaghan, Ervin
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