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· 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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