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· 10/30/1990

United States v. Jonathan Verser

Citations

  • 916 F.2d 1268
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 19344
  • 1990 WL 164065

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that the court’s duty to avoid giving an “impres- sion to the jury that the judge believes one version of the evidence and disbelieves or doubts another” is “[f]undamental to the right to a fair trial”
  • “Fundamental to the right to a fair trial” is that the court must not “give the impression to the jury that the judge believes one version of the evidence and disbelieves or doubts another.”
  • “Fundamental to the right to a fair trial” is the court’s obligation to avoid “giv[ing] the impression to the jury that the judge believes one version of the evidence and disbelieves or doubts another.” (quotation omitted)

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Judges: Bauer, Flaum, Easterbrook

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