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· 5/11/1976

Villacres v. United States

Citations

  • 357 A.2d 423
  • 1976 D.C. App. LEXIS 537

How courts have described this case

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  • conviction reversed after repeated misstatements of evidence — including comments on inadmissible confession, unfounded allegation that defendant had instructed his mother to suppress evidence, and argument that crime was comparable to crucifixion of Christ
  • comments on inadmissible “confession” were prejudicial

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Judges: Kelly, Kern, Yeag-Ley

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