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· 5/24/1996

United States v. Ronald Sherrill Wilkerson

Citations

  • 84 F.3d 692
  • 44 Fed. R. Serv. 798
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 11869
  • 1996 WL 275075

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that Rule 106 did not apply to unrecorded conversation between defendant and FBI agent, and defendant's exculpatory statements to the agents were not admissible under the hearsay rules
  • holding that the government was entitled to introduce the defendant's inculpatory statements as admissions under Rule 801(d)(2)(A), but that the defendant could not introduce exculpatory portions under Rule 106 because they would be inadmissible hearsay
  • stating that the court may consider other evidence of the defendant’s guilt when determining the reliability of an identification
  • \The common-law doctrine of completeness has been partially codified in Rule 106 of the Federal Rules of Evidence.\
  • \Courts may also consider other evidence of the defendant's guilt when assessing the reliability of the in-court identification\
  • “Courts may also consider other evidence of the defendant’s guilt when assessing the reliability of the in-court identification.”

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Judges: Luttig, Chapman, Clarke, Eastern, Virginia

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