Second Circuit· 12/28/2007

United States v. Quinones

Citations

511 F.3d 289
2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 29866
2007 WL 4571412

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holding that tactical decision to agree to life imprisonment as an alternative to death penalty waives claim of plain error
explaining that the “record plainly demonstrates that the challenged statements constituted important proof of the charged crimes: they contained [the defendant’s] admissions to the [charged] murder”
stating that “the seriousness of the crime and the likelihood of pre-trial publicity [] reinforce[d] the district court’s decision to empanel an anonymous jury”
noting that the district court is “in a superior position to evaluate the likely impact of the evidence.”
noting that a district court is “in a superior position to evaluate the likely impact of the evidence.”
stating that defendants who solicited and agreed to erroneous jury instruction that, if death penalty were not imposed, life imprisonment was mandated, could not later claim that imposition of life sentence was plain error

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Judges: Winter, Cabranes, Raggi

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