· 4/4/1991
United States v. William Joseph Butler
Citations
- 924 F.2d 1124
- 288 U.S. App. D.C. 167
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that, on cross-examination, prosecutor was entitled to invoke “some of the details of the [defendant’s] previous convictions” after he attempted to minimize his misconduct
- government's inquiry into facts of pri- or conviction not improper, but only because the witness attempted to '‘minimize” prior conviction
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Judges: Edwards, Buckley, Henderson
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