· 8/2/1978
United States v. Medical Therapy Sciences, Inc., and Stanley Berman
Citations
- 583 F.2d 36
- 52 A.L.R. Fed. 431
- 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 9811
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “It is not every cross-examination that should trigger the authority of rule 608(a)’s provision for supporting character evidence.”
- \It is not every cross-examination that should trigger the authority of rule 608(a)'s provision for supporting character evidence.\
- character evidence allowed under Rule 608 to counter evidence “relating to the moral character“ of the witness
- where evidence as to bias suggests only that witness’s testimony may be slanted for reasons unrelated to general propensity for untruthfulness, character evidence is not relevant to meet such attack
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Judges: Gurfein, Moore, Oakes
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