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· 3/4/1983

United States v. Tidell Lewis

Citations

  • 701 F.2d 972
  • 226 U.S. App. D.C. 236
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 29957

How courts have described this case

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  • upholding a jury's finding that a defendant constructively possessed a firearm where the gun was plainly visible on the back floorboard of a car he had borrowed and was driving
  • upholding a jury's finding that a defendant constructively possessed a firearm when a gun was found lying visible on the back floorboard of a car he had borrowed and was driving
  • prosecutor eliciting actual reason for arrest not error where, in its absence, police behavior might appear too harsh thereby moving jury to nullification of factually supported charges
  • prosecutor eliciting actual reason for arrest not error where, in its absence, police behavior might appear too harsh thereby moving jury to nullification of factually supported charges

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Judges: Bork, Scalia, Bazelon

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