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· 9/15/2003

United States v. Thiongo

Citations

  • 344 F.3d 55
  • 62 Fed. R. Serv. 591
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 19007
  • 2003 WL 22119712

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that “it is improper for an attorney to ask a witness whether another witness lied on the stand”
  • “Evidence Defendant bore the man’s child while married to another man does not appear to be relevant or probative of Defendant’s truthfulness or untruthfulness.”
  • \This Court has held it is improper for an attorney to ask a witness whether another witness lied on the stand.\
  • “This Court has held it is improper for an attorney to ask a witness whether another witness lied on the stand. Underlying this rule is the concept that credibility judgments are for the jury, not witnesses, to make.” (citation omitted)

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Judges: Selya, Stapleton, Baldock

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