PATTERSON

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

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• Spaziano v. State, 433 So. 2d 508 (Fla. 1983)
  …similar argument, finding that the sentencing judge’s statements showed that improper convictions were not used against the defendant in sentencing. The court in Douglas followed United States v. Gaither, 503 F. 2d 452 (5th Cir. 1974), cert. denied, 420 U.S. 961, 95 S.Ct. 1349, 43 L.Ed.2d 437 (1975), which held that it is not inherently impossible for a court to disclaim consideration of an improper conviction in sentencing while still having knowledge of the conviction. We conclude that the evidence in th…
• United States v. Haldeman, 559 F.2d 31 (D.C. Cir. 1976)
  …medical files still held by Ellsberg’s psychoanalyst * * * ». 150 an(j (4) fact that the prior crime was mentioned in the Government’s opening statement, contrary to United States v. Bailey, 164 U.S.App.D.C. 310, 505 F. 2d 417 (1974), cert. denied, 420 U.S. 961, 95 S.Ct. 1350, 43 L.Ed.2d 438 (1975). B. Application of the Governing Principles As regards the first source of claimed prejudice, the “tenuous” connection between the Ellsberg-Fielding break-in and the Watergate cover-up, we find evidence introd…
• United States v. Calvert, 523 F.2d 895 (8th Cir. 1975)
  …had in fact caused Null’s death, but only that he intended to do so, the probative value of this cumulative evidence as to the manner of Null’s death was very slight. Compare United States v. Hoog, 504 F. 2d 45, 49-50 (8th Cir. 1974), cert. denied, 420 U.S. 961, 95 S.Ct. 1349, 43 L.Ed.2d 437 (1975); United States v. Delay, 500 F. 2d 1361, 1366 (8th Cir. 1974). Nevertheless, the photographs were cumulative. A great deal of other evidence about the circumstances of Null’s death, including the testimony of po…