D.C. Circuit· 4/22/2011

United States v. Slough

Citations

641 F.3d 544
395 U.S. App. D.C. 178
2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 8296
2011 WL 1516148

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“[T]he defendant bears the burden of laying ‘a firm foundation resting on more than suspicion that proffered evidence was tainted by exposure to immunized testimony.”
“Moreover, a witness’s testimony need not have any exterior antecedent, i.e., any precursor other than the witness’s perceptions of what happened.”
“Indeed, when armed guards shoot a number of people in a crowd, it doesn’t take Hercule Poirot to start wondering what the crowd was doing.”
“[T]he defendant bears the burden of laying ‘a firm foundation resting on more than suspicion that proffered evidence was tainted by exposure to immunized testimony.’ ”
reversing and remanding “as to four of the defendants”
reversing and remanding “as to four of the defendants”

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Judges: Ginsburg, Garland, Williams

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