U.S. v. Agostini, No. S1700CR237(VM) (S.D.N.Y.) (280 F.Supp.2d 260) (September 8, 2003) (Judge Victor Marrero)
Loaded on Nov. 1, 2003
published in Punch and Jurists
November 17, 2003
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Prior Conviction/Sentence/Incarceration.
In a decision that underscores the often-disparate treatment accorded to evidence of past crimes, the Court held that defense counsel would not be permitted to cross-examine the victim of an alleged assult about two recent arrests and a past conviction.
This decision is noted principally because of some …
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- U.S. v. Agostini, No. S1700CR237(VM) (S.D.N.Y.) (280 F.Supp.2d 260) (September 8, 2003) (Judge Victor Marrero)
- U.S. v. Landa, No. CR 02-0220 WHA (N.D.Cal.) (281 F.Supp.2d 1139) (July 31, 2003) (Judge William Haskell Alsup)
- U.S. v. Laboy, No. 02-1865 (1st Cir.) (351 F.3d 578) (December 9, 2003) (Judge Kermit A. Lipez)
- U.S. v. Toliver, No. 01-10222 (9th Cir.) (351 F.3d 423) (December 3, 2003) (Judge Richard A. Paez)
- U.S. v. Hamm, No. CRIM.A.3:02CR-49-H (W.D.Ky.) (281 F.Supp.2d 929) (September 8, 2003) (Judge John G. II Heyburn)
- Vore v. U.S. Dept. of Justice, No. CV 02-405 TUC DCB (D.Ariz.) (281 F.Supp.2d 1129) (September 8, 2003) (Judge David C. Bury)
- U.S. v. Ramirez, No. 02-10731 (11th Cir.) (324 F.3d 1225) (March 18, 2003) (Per Curiam)
- U.S. v. Hebroni, No. 02-1106 (2nd Cir.) (2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 4120) (March 13, 2002) (Per Curiam)
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