CRISTINA

v.

PENNSYLVANIA

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Constantine T. Kepreos, 759 F.2d 961 (1st Cir. 1985)
  …uch issue. We find psychiatric testimony in these circumstances to be both misleading and of questionable utility.3 The district court, therefore, correctly excluded the evidence. United States v. Castell, 584 F. 2d 87, 89 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 925, 99 S.Ct. 1256, 59 L.Ed.2d 480 (1978).4 Next, appellant argues that the trial court erred in rejecting the proffered testimony as evidence of character or personality traits under Fed.R.Evid. 404(a)(1) and 405(a). In his view, expert testimony woul…
• United States v. Morris, 647 F.2d 568 (5th Cir. 1981)
  …mits it. That is quite proper in a case in which the government has introduced sufficient evidence from which a jury could reasonably conclude that the property was stolen. United States v. Castell, 584 F. 2d 87, 89-90 (5th Cir. 1978), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 925, 99 S.Ct. 1256, 59 L.Ed.2d 480 (1979). When, as in this case, we have determined that the evidence was properly introduced and the district judge admonished the jury that before it could draw the inference it must first conclude that the money was…
• United States v. Colson, 662 F.2d 1389 (11th Cir. 1981)
  …judge possesses broad discretion in ruling on the admissibility of evidence on grounds of relevancy and materiality. United States v. Ylda, 643 F. 2d 348, 353 (5th Cir. 1981); United States v. Castell, 584 F. 2d 87, 89 (5th Cir. 1978), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 925, 99 S.Ct. 1256, 59 L.Ed.2d 480 (1979); United States v. Grimm, 568 F. 2d 1136, 1138 (5th Cir. 1978) (per curiam). - A review of the transcript reveals that the trial judge correctly concluded that the transcript contains much irrelevant material, su…