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Eighth Circuit· 12/9/2011

United States v. Petters

Citations

  • 663 F.3d 375
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 24409
  • 2011 WL 6114064

How courts have described this case

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

  • assuming for purposes of analysis that the district court's prohibition of the use of a witness's name during a pretrial proceeding was a partial closure
  • district court has wide latitude to exclude evidence that is repetitive, only marginally relevant, or poses a risk of confusion of the issues
  • affirming his conviction and 50-year prison sentence

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Judges: Loken, Melloy, Shepherd

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