BRIGGS

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (30 total)

• United States v. Dennis, 625 F.2d 782 (8th Cir. 1980)
  …use Congress obviously intended to facilitate proof in these cases, courts have rejected unavailability10 as a prerequisite to the admission of reputation evidence. See, e. g., United States v. Webb, 463 F. 2d 1324, 1327-28 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 986, 93 S.Ct. 338, 34 L.Ed.2d 251 (1972). In addition, § 894(c) allows evidence of pri- or conduct to establish that collection practices were extortionate. United States v. Frazier, 479 F. 2d 983, 986 (2d Cir. 1973); United States v. Curcio, 310 F.Su…
• United States v. Figueroa, 618 F.2d 934 (2d Cir. 1980)
  …ntroduced against a defendant, if material to an issue in the case, tends to prove guilt, but is not necessarily prejudicial in any sense that matters to the rules of evidence. See United States v. Briggs, 457 F. 2d 908, 911 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 986, 93 S.Ct. 337, 34 L.Ed.2d 251 (1972). Evidence is prejudicial only when it tends to have some adverse effect upon a defendant beyond tending to prove the fact or issue that justified its admission into evidence. See Advisory Committee Note to Rule 4…
• United States v. Finkelstein, 526 F.2d 517 (2d Cir. 1975)
  …llant Finkelstein argues that during summation the prosecutor distorted the evidence of appellant’s participation in the fur coat exchange. Applying the standard articulated in United States v. Briggs, 457 F. 2d 908, 911-912 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 986, 93 S.Ct. 337, 34 L.Ed.2d 251 (1972), we find nothing in the prosecutor’s summation constituting plain error. Appellant Finkelstein also asserted that it was plain error for the trial judge to refuse to reread portions of the testimony to the jury i…