U.S. v. Beckman, No. 01-50288 (9th Cir.) (291 F.3d 586) (May 21, 2002) (Judge Michael Daly Hawkins)
The defendant in this case argued that the government improperly referred to a prior arrest and prior conviction under the guise of impeachment and that the district court improperly admitted such evidence. While the Ninth Circuit generally agreed that the prosecutor had acted imroperly - probably egregiously so - the ...
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