Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Johnson, No. 96-10575 (9th Cir.) (132 F.3d 1279) (December 29, 1997) (Judge Cynthia Holcomb Hall) by United States v. Queen, 132 F.3d 991 (4th Cir. 1997) (Judge Niemeyer) United States v. Johnson, 132 F.3d 1279 (9th Cir. 1997) (Judge Hall) One of the most persistent and confusing conflicts …

U.S. v. Chavez, No. 96-20622 (5th Cir.) (119 F.3d 342) (August 4, 1997) (Per Curiam) by In his electrifying book about the American Criminal Justice System, The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison, (Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1984), Professor Jeffrey H. Reiman of the School of Justice …

U.S. v. Allison, No. 96-2504 (7th Cir.) (120 F.3d 71) (July 18, 1997) (Judge Kenneth F. Ripple) by The defendant in this case was charged with possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute. Prior to the commencement of trial, his counsel moved to bar the admission of evidence relating …

U.S. v. McCarthy, No. 95-2128 (8th Cir.) (97 F.3d 1562) (October 10, 1996) (Judge David R. Hansen) by This case probably establishes the new, almost comical, judicial record for the meaning of "close in time." Here, one of the issues raised was whether it was error to admit evidence of …

U.S. v. Mejia-Uribe, No. 94-4051 (8th Cir.) (75 F.3d 395) (January 31, 1996) (Judge John R. Gibson) by After the defendant was convicted, he appealed principally on the grounds that the lower court had violated Rule 404(b) when it permitted the introduction into evidence of his seventeen-year old 1978 conviction. …