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· 1/18/1985

United States v. Rita M. Lavelle

Citations

  • 751 F.2d 1266
  • 243 U.S. App. D.C. 47
  • 17 Fed. R. Serv. 33
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 27621

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that “prosecution’s need for the evidence” is important factor
  • requiring a district court “to make an on-the-record determination” of whether the probative value of other-bad-acts evidence outweighs its prejudicial impact”
  • requiring a district court “to make an on-the-record determination” of whether the probative value of other-bad-acts evidence outweighs its prejudicial impact”
  • considering “the manner in which the government presented the evidence” when assessing potential prejudice

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Tamm, Edwards, Wilkey

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