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· 2/6/1981

United States v. John R. Dorr and John Grant Passmore

Citations

  • 636 F.2d 117
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 20368

How courts have described this case

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

  • improper argument may have affected jury’s perception of credibility question, which lay at the “very crux” of their decision
  • “The sole purpose of closing argument is to assist the jury in analyzing, evaluating and applying the evidence.”
  • improper statements in closing arguments
  • improper statements in closing arguments

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Judges: Goldberg, Garza, Tate

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