CA1· 8/4/2014
United States v. Rivera-Rodriguez
Citations
- 761 F.3d 105
- 2014 WL 3818679
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that the case against the defendant was not strong and thus “[w]ithout [the judge’s] improper interventions, there is a reasonable probability that [the defendant] would not have been convicted”
- finding serious prejudice where the judge's interventions in witness testimony \created the impression that the court favored the government's version of events\
- referring to the second prong as the \serious prejudice\ test
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Judges: Thompson, Lipez, Kayatta
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