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· 6/9/1981

United States v. Ray Anthony McDougald

Citations

  • 650 F.2d 532
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 12481

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing that jury instructions regarding evidence of a defendant’s consciousness of guilt have “long been accepted” by federal courts (citing Wilson v. United States, 162 U.S. 613, 620-21 (1896)
  • district court’s jury instruction that an exculpatory statement by a defendant and found to be untrue could be evidence of a defendant’s consciousness 5 of guilt was proper
  • defendant’s denial that he forged endorsement contradicted by handwriting expert

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Judges: Hall, Phillips, Anderson

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