· 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
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- 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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