U.S. v. Williams, No. 08-5151-cr (2nd Cir.) (585 F.3d 703) (October 27, 2009) (Judge Joseph M. McLaughlin)
Loaded on Dec. 1, 2009
published in Punch and Jurists
December 07, 2009
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Prejudice - Potential for Undue.
Defendant's firearm possession conviction is vacated where the district court erred by admitting evidence that defendant had been in an apartment from which weapons and drugs were later recovered.
[Editor's Note: For some commentaries on this decision, see:
• "Second Circuit Reverses Two Cases Because of Improper Admission of …
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More from this issue:
- U.S. v. Williams, No. 08-5151-cr (2nd Cir.) (585 F.3d 703) (October 27, 2009) (Judge Joseph M. McLaughlin)
- U.S. v. Aguilar, No. 08-4640-cr (2nd Cir.) (585 F.3d 652) (November 5, 2009) (Judge Reena Raggi)
- U.S. v. Bunkley, No. 4:08-CR-08-002 (CDL) (M.D.Ga.) (2009 WL 5031373) (December 14, 2009) (Judge Clay D. Land)
- Bryan v. McPherson, No. 08-55622 (9th Cir.) (590 F.3d 767) (December 28, 2009) (Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw)
- U.S. v. Slough, No. Crim. No. 08-0360 (RMU) (D.D.C.) (677 F.Supp.2d 112) (December 31, 2009) (Judge Ricardo M. Urbina)
- U.S. v. McCallum, No. 08-0322-cr (2nd Cir.) (584 F.3d 471) (October 19, 2009) (Judge Barrington D. Jr. Parker)
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- U.S. v. Bell, No. 08-5506-cr (2nd Cir.) (584 F.3d 478) (October 20, 2009) (Per Curiam)
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