· 8/27/1991
United States v. Russell A. Werme
Citations
- 939 F.2d 108
- 1991 WL 137865
How courts have described this case
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- holding that another party's guilty plea is admissible for \other[ ] permissible purposes\
- holding that another party's guilty plea is admissible for \other[ ] permissible purposes\
- holding that another party’s guilty plea is admissible for “other[ ] permissible purposes”
- \We have long recognized that evidence of another party's guilty plea is not admissible to prove the defendant's guilt.\
- “The prosecutor is entitled to considerable latitude in summation to argue the evidence and any reasonable inferences that can be drawn from that evidence.”
- \We also conclude that it was harmless error to introduce the [witnesses'] guilty pleas.\
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Judges: Becker, Nygaard, Alito
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