The record supports the district court's finding that the probative value of the convictions under the facts of this case outweighed the prejudicial effect. See United States v. Spero, 625 F.2d 779 (8th Cir. 1980); United States v. Little, 567 F.2d 346 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, ...
Proof of Sister State Laws in Australia and the United StatesThere are numerous American authorities in point; for example, Mine v. Baker, 99 Mass. 253(1868); Bank of China v, Morse, 168 NY 458; 106 NE 774 (1901); Pfleuger v. PFleuger, 304 NY148; 106 NE 2d. 2d 417 (19t8)...
641, proof "that the stolen [or converted] property in fact belonged to the government was to lay the basis for federal jurisdiction and that the defendant's knowledge of the jurisdictional fact is irrelevant." United States v. Jermendy, 544 F.2d 640, 641 (2d Cir. 1976) (per curiam) ...
United States v. Russell, 411 U.S. 423 (1973) United States v. Russell No. 71-1585 Argued February 27, 1973 Decided April 24, 1973 411 U.S. 423 Syllabus An undercover narcotics agent investigating respondent and his confederates for illicitly manufacturing a drug, offered them an essential...
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of criminal conduct.United States v. Cortez,449 U. S. 411,449 U. S. 417. The Court of Appeals' test draws an unnecessarily sharp line between types of evidence, the probative value of which varies only in degree. While traveling under an alias or taking an evasive path through an airp...
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Chicago and Oak Park (municipal respondents) main- tain that a right set out in the Bill of Rights applies to the States only if that right is an indispensable attribute of any " 'civilized' " legal system. Brief for Municipal Respon- dents 9. If it is possible to imagine a civilized ...
Ed. 2d 379 (1979), and whether its probative value substantially outweighs any danger of unfair prejudice. Fed.R.Evid. 403; United States v. Martin, supra, 599 F.2d at 889. We give wide latitude to the trial judge in determining the admissibility of evidence because he is in the ...