United States v. James Richter

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that “[djeterminations of credibility are for the jury ... and not for witnesses”
• characterizing as unpersuasive the reasoning set forth in Richter as to why such questions should not be allowed but declining to decide the issue
• overturning conviction where the government's improper questions tainted the entirety of the trial.
• \witness-lying?\ cross-examination generally not proper; reversible error in case at bar
• “Prosecutorial eross-examination which compels a defendant to state that law enforcement officers lied in their testimony is improper.”
• “Prosecutorial cross-examination which compels a defendant to state that law enforcement officers lied in their testimony is improper.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).