ROBINSON

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (19 total)

• United States v. Armstrong, 621 F.2d 951 (9th Cir. 1980)
  …ch tends to prove that a person other than the defendant committed the crime that is charged. See Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284, 302, 93 S.Ct. 1038, 1049, 35 L.Ed.2d 297 (1973); Pettijohn v. Hall, 599 F. 2d 476, 482 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 946, 100 S.Ct. 308, 62 L.Ed.2d 315 (1979); United States v. Robinson, 544 F. 2d 110, 113 (2d Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 1050, 98 S.Ct. 901, 54 L.Ed.2d 803 (1977); Holt v. United States, 342 F. 2d 163, 165-66 (5th Cir. 1965). The exclusion of thi…
• Cornelious Perry v. Rushen, 713 F.2d 1447 (9th Cir. 1983)
  …orgia, 442 U.S. 95, 97, 99 S.Ct. 2150, 2151, 60 L.Ed.2d 738 (1979); Washington v. Texas, 388 U.S. at 19-23, 87 S.Ct. at 1923-25. At least two circuits have adopted such an approach. Pettijohn v. Hall, 599 F. 2d 476, 481 (1st Cir.1979), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 946, 100 S.Ct. 308, 62 L.Ed.2d 316 (1979); McMorris v. Israel, 643 F. 2d 458, 461 (7th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 445 U.S. 967, 102 S.Ct. 1479, 71 L.Ed.2d 684 (1982); Alicea v. Gagnon, 675 F. 2d 913, 923 (7th Cir.1982). We conclude that a balancing test…

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• Alicea v. Gagnon, 675 F.2d 913 (7th Cir. 1982)
  …citing Chambers, 410 U.S. at 295, 93 S.Ct. at 1045), although the competing state interests must be substantial to overcome the claims of the defendant. 643 F. 2d at 460-61. Accord, Pettijohn v. Hall, 599 F. 2d 476, 480-81 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 946, 100 S.Ct. 308, 62 L.Ed.2d 315 (1979); Perry v. Watts, 520 F.Supp. 550, 558-59 (N.D.Cal.1981). Most importantly, “where constitutional rights directly affecting the ascertainment of guilt are implicated, [a state evidentiary rule] may not be applied…