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· 8/18/1970

United States v. Lawrence Simon Poston

Citations

  • 430 F.2d 706
  • 1970 U.S. App. LEXIS 7665

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding error where the trial court denied the defendant’s motions to strike and to declare a mistrial after a witness referenced the defendant’s probation status and no curative action was taken
  • volunteer statement from FBI agent that defendant was on probation deemed prejudicial

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Judges: Celebrezze, Peck, Phillips

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