MILLER

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (28 total)

• United States v. Dennis, 625 F.2d 782 (8th Cir. 1980)
  …untruthfulness. The court balances a question’s relevance to honesty and veracity with its prejudicial impact. United States v. Hastings, 577 F. 2d 38, 40-42 (8th Cir. 1978); United States v. Young, 567 F. 2d 799, 803 (8th Cir. 1977), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 1079, 98 S.Ct. 1273, 55 L.Ed.2d 706 (1978). Rule 609(a) provides that in a criminal case the prior conviction of a prosecution witness may be used to impeach his credibility if it (1) was a felony and the court in its discretion determines that its prob…
• United States v. Sampol, 636 F.2d 621 (D.C. Cir. 1980)
  …ial court’s finding that this evidence was not admissible under Rule 608(b). Aside from the tenuous link between the alleged crimes and Townley’s capacity for truthfulness, see United States v. Young, 567 F. 2d 799, 803 (8th Cir. 1977), cert. denied 434 U.S. 1079, 98 S.Ct. 1273, 55 L.Ed.2d 786, such evidence would have been purely cumulative in that Townley had admitted planning the murders of Letelier and two other Chilean exiles. See United States v. Newman, 490 F. 2d 139, 145 (3rd Cir. 1974) (additional e…
• United States v. Webster, 750 F.2d 307 (5th Cir. 1984)
  …plicates both the sixth amendment right to compulsory process and the fifth amendment protection against unreasonable discrimination based upon the ability to pay. See, e.g., United States v. Hegwood, 562 F. 2d 946, 952 (5th Cir.1977), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 1079, 98 S.Ct. 1274, 55 L.Ed.2d 787 (1978). We have long held, however, that, within the limits imposed by the Constitution, “[t]he decision to grant or deny a Rule 17(b) motion is vested in the sound discretion of the trial court.” United States v. Bo…