COOPER

v.

MITCHELL, PENITENTIARY SUPERINTENDENT

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• United States v. Cleveland R. Rodgers, 755 F.2d 533 (7th Cir. 1985)
  …5 F. 2d at 572. Thus, under certain circumstances, courts have held that a special instruction should be given concerning the unreliability of their testimony. Id. at 569. See also United States v. Hoppe, 645 F. 2d 630, 633 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 849, 102 S.Ct. 170, 70 L.Ed.2d 138 (1981); United States v. Wright, 542 F. 2d 975, 988-89 (7th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 429 U.S. 1073, 97 S.Ct. 810, 50 L.Ed.2d 790 (1977). Rodgers cannot rely on these authorities because, as the First Circuit recently s…
• United States v. Rosa, 705 F.2d 1375 (1st Cir. 1983)
  …at trial indicates concern with Gonsalves’ ability to perceive and relate the truth, not with a deliberate misstatement because of the desire to please the government. The court in United States v. Hoppe, 645 F. 2d 630, 633 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 849, 102 S.Ct. 170, 70 L.Ed.2d 138 (1981), listed factors that obviate the need for an addict/informer instruction. All of those factors are present to some degree in this case: defense counsel cross-examined Gonsalves about his condition and the effect…
• United States v. Morley, 682 F.2d 699 (8th Cir. 1982)
  …t adopted a per se rule regarding' addict-informant instructions. Instead, our rule is that “the circumstances of each case determine the need for an addict-informant instruction.” United States v. Hoppe, 645 F. 2d 630, 633 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 849, 102 S.Ct. 170, 70 L.Ed.2d 138 (1981). In Hoppe, the court suggested four factors which might obviate the need for such an instruction. Our analysis of those factors leads us to the conclusion that the district court did not err in rejecting defenda…