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U.S. v. Footman, No. CR. 98-CR-10067-NG (D.Mass.) (33 F.Supp.2d 60) (November 12, 1998) (Judge Nancy Gertner)

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 certainly would ...

 

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