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· 4/9/2003

United States v. Luis Rivera Newton

Citations

  • 326 F.3d 253
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 6732
  • 2003 WL 1826135

How courts have described this case

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  • reviewing whether trial court committed plain error in failing to instruct the jury sua sponte to disregard witness statement
  • rejecting a rule of “automatic reversal in eases where a defense attorney’s conflict of interest does not adversely affect counsel’s performance, observing that such a rule ‘makes little policy sense’ ”

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Judges: Lynch, Cyr, Lipez

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