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Ohler v. U.S., No. 98-9828 (U.S. Supreme Court) (529 U.S. 753; 120 S.Ct. 1851) (May 22, 2000) (Justice Rehnquist)

Loaded on July 19, 2000 published in Punch and Jurists May 08, 2000
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Waiver of Appeal Rights.

In this important decision, which has so far escaped the notice of most commentators, a divided Supreme Court addressed an important issue dealing with the use of impeachment evidence under Fed.R.Evid. 609(a)(1). That Rule permits the Government to use evidence of a defendant’s prior convictions, as impeachment evidence, if the ...

 

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