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U.S. v. Pineda-Mateo, No. 17-1857 (1st Cir.) (905 F.3d 13) (September 18, 2018) (Judge Juan R. Torruella)

Loaded on Jan. 1, 2019 published in Punch and Jurists February 25, 2019
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Joint Participant.

This is an interesting decision in which the First Circuit was called upon to decide an issue of first impression for that Circuit, namely, whether to recognize a “joint participant” exception to the spousal testimonial privilege. The spousal testimonial privilege is an evidentiary privilege that protects a defendant's spouse from ...

 

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