United States v. Rufus Eafie Harrell

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• court’s conclusion of plain error was specifically predicated upon both aggravating circumstances and the absence of any cautionary instructions, as well as the lack of defense objections
• “[W]e think that the evidentiary purpose ordinarily to be served by proof of a co-defendant’s plea of guilty is so shadowy, so insubstantial that it would be the better practice in run-of-the-mill cases to exclude such proof altogether.”

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