BALLARD ET AL.

v.

ILLINOIS

Citator

Cited By (16 total)

• Godfrey v. Georgia, 446 U.S. 420 (U.S. 1980)
  …d in the words, “we the jurors conclude that this act was both horrible and inhuman.” The case involved a shotgun murder of a child: no torture or aggravated battery was present. See also Holton v. State, 243 Ga. 312, 253 S. E. 2d 736, cert. denied, 444 U. S. 925 (1979).4 The Georgia court’s cursory treatment of § (b) (7) in Ruffin, Holton, and the present case indicates either that it has abandoned its intention of reaching only “core” cases under § (b)(7) or that its understanding of the “core” has become…

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• United States v. Green, 648 F.2d 587 (9th Cir. 1981)
  …[*595] A witness may, of course, be cross-examined about matters which he has put in dispute. See Brown v. United States, supra, 356 U.S. at 154-55, 78 S.Ct. at 626-27. See also United States v. Panza, 612 F. 2d 432, 437 (9 Cir. 1979), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 925, 100 S.Ct. 3019, 65 L.Ed.2d 1118 (1980). An opening statement, however, having no evidentiary value, cannot operate to place an issue in controversy. See United States v. McLister, 608 F. 2d 785, 790 (9 Cir. 1979), citing United States v. Tomaiolo…
• Affiliated Cap. Corp. v. City OF Houston, 735 F.2d 1555 (5th Cir. 1984)
  …Surtran Taxicabs, Inc., 461 F.Supp. 1025, 1029 (N.D.Tex.1978) (decided Nov. 29); United States v. Texas State Bd. of Public Accountancy, 464 F.Supp. 400, 403-04 (W.D.Tex.1978) (decided May 5), modified on other grounds, 592 F. 2d 919, cert. denied, 444 U.S. 925, 100 S.Ct. 262, 62 L.Ed.2d 180 (1979); Star Lines, Ltd. v. Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Auth., 451 F.Supp. 157, 166 (S.D.N.Y.1978) (decided May 3). Contra Metro Cable Co. v. CATV of Rockford, Inc., 516 F. 2d 220 (7th Cir.1975). The cases indicat…