Vernon Headspeth v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that jurors “were ignorant of the history that might have [otherwise] explained [the defendant’s] reaction”
• noting minimal probative value of flight evidence where accused “had reasons to flee that were consistent with innocence”
• existence of reasonable alternative explanations for flight can cause probative value of flight evidence to “largely, if not completely, disappear[]”
• discussing defendant’s attempt to evade arrest by police

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).