U.S. v. Footman, No. CR. 98-CR-10067-NG (D.Mass.) (33 F.Supp.2d 60) (November 12, 1998) (Judge Nancy Gertner)
Loaded on March 1, 1999
published in Punch and Jurists
March 29, 1999
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Prior Conviction/Sentence/Incarceration.
Here Judge Gertner rejected a Government motion to permit it to use evidence of the defendant's prior rape conviction under Rule 609(a), on the grounds that its probative value was greatly overvalued and its prejudicial effect was clear.
This is a noteworthy decision on two separate issues that …
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