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· 6/9/2005

United States v. Mareco Caraway

Citations

  • 411 F.3d 679
  • 67 Fed. R. Serv. 533
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 10694
  • 2005 WL 1384357

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that “courts need not blindly accept implausible stories swallowed by jurors” if the testimony “defies physical realities”
  • finding sufficient evidence to establish actual possession when officer saw defendant holding gun and then drop the gun while fleeing
  • “[A] district court must exercise reasonable control over the mode and order of presenting evidence with the goal that the presentation be effective for ascertaining the truth.”
  • “It is true that courts need not blindly accept implausible stories swallowed by jurors.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Boggs, Ryan, Rogers

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