· 8/14/1980
United States v. William Claude Hill
Citations
- 627 F.2d 1052
- 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 14876
- 6 Fed. R. Serv. 904
How courts have described this case
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- holding that it was prejudicial error to fail to give such a cautionary instruction, even where the defendant did not object at trial to the lack of such an instruction, when the accomplice testimony was uncorroborated
- instruction regarding witness credibility in general was insufficient when accomplice testimony was uncorroborated; proper cautionary instruction required
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Judges: Seth, Pickett, Seymour
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