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U.S. v. Monteleone, No. 95-1994 (8th Cir.) (77 F.3d 1086) (February 29, 1996) (Judge Floyd R. Gibson)

Loaded on April 1, 1996 published in Punch and Jurists April 08, 1996
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Character/Reputation/Propensity.

This decision reviews an important, but frequently misunderstood, limitation on the prosecution's ability to present impeachment evidence in response to a defendant's introduction of "character evidence." Under the Rule 404(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Evidence, evidence of a person's character is generally not admissible for the purposes of proving ...

 

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