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· 9/12/2023

West v. Government of the District of Columbia

How courts have described this case

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

  • specifically declining to decide whether “the Simmons principle” could be “appropriately extended to Sixth Amendment claims for appointed counsel”
  • evidence of prior performance of official duty without bribe-taking inadmissible in bribery prosecution
  • evidence of prior performance of official duty without bribe-taking inadmissible in bribery prosecution
  • noting context of Simmons decision

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Judge Christopher R. Cooper

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