United States v. Robert Lee Looper

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• reversing conviction where defendant was not allowed to testify because he objected to use of God's name in affirmation
• reversing conviction where defendant was not allowed to testify because he objected to use of God’s name in affirmation
• “neither an appeal to God nor the raising of a hand [is] a prerequisite to a valid oath”
• “district judge could qualify defendant to testify in any form which stated or symbolized that defendant would tell the truth and which, under defendant’s religious beliefs, purported to impress on him the necessity for so doing”

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