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· 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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