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· 4/4/1988

United States v. Timothy M. Dwyer

Citations

  • 843 F.2d 60
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 4145
  • 1988 WL 27637

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that the court could not properly instruct the jury on the presumption of innocence while also “indicat[ing] doubts about the defendant’s credibility”
  • emphasizing that courts “publish” opinions “so that future lawyers” will “know the law”
  • “[i]t is hardly consistent for the court to charge the jury as to the presumption of innocence and at the same time indicate doubts about defendant’s credibility”

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Judges: Coffin, Aldrich, Breyer

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