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· 1/28/1987

United States v. Joseph Dougherty

Citations

  • 810 F.2d 763
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 1382

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  • prosecutor should have waited until direct examination before referring to the witness’ conviction rather than doing so in his opening statement, letting “his ‘zeal out run discretion’ ”

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Judges: Gibson, Fagg, Hanson

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