United States v. Jay Lewis Dworken, A/K/A Jason Lewis, Jay Lewis, United States of America v. William S. Gay, United States of America v. Steve Rogove

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• holding that defendant's original consent to exclusion of all audiotapes estopped him from objecting to trial court's exclusion of audiotape proffered by defense
• holding that a state’s unpublished policy statements establishing a 27 2 Plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment cruel and unusual punishment claim fails because Plaintiff’s allegations do not 1 grievance procedure do not create a constitutionally protected liberty interest
• noting that “cautionary instructions limiting the jury’s use of the guilty plea to permissible purposes are critical” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• giving credence to \jury's ability to segregate the evidence and carefully weigh against which defendant it was applicable\ (quoting United States v. Richman, 600 F.2d 286, 299-300 (1st Cir. 1979)
• “The invariably elusive nature of what constitutes an ‘attempt’ has long been the subject of judicial chagrin.”
• we will not order a new trial simply to deter misconduct in circumstances where we are confident the misconduct will not be repeated

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