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· 6/21/1978

United States v. Walter Levy

Citations

  • 578 F.2d 896
  • 3 Fed. R. Serv. 886
  • 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 10574

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that even if admission of statement violated Rule 11(e)(6), its admission was harmless because it was cumulative of earlier, properly admitted statements
  • concluding that the error in the jury instruction was harmless because there was “an abundance of evidence pointing to the defendant’s guilt”
  • finding that the instructional error was harmless because there was “an abundance of evidence pointing to the defendant’s guilt”
  • finding a defendant's offer to work as an informant for the DEA \evidence[d] a consciousness of guilt\ and showed the defendant was aware \he was in serious difficulty with the law and needed to do something to extricate himself\
  • accused is required to make manifest an intention to seek a plea bargain before choosing the route of self-incrimination
  • accused is required to make manifest an intention to seek a plea bargain before choosing the route of self-incrimination

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Judges: Moore, Oakes, Gurfein

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