RENTZ

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• Hale v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 756 F.2d 1322 (8th Cir. 1985)
  …lity case. “Once evidence admissible for one purpose but inadmissible for another is admitted, the trial court cannot refuse a, requested limiting instruction.” Chematron Corp. v. Business Funds, Inc., 682 F. 2d 1149, 1185 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1013, 103 S.Ct. 1254, 75 L.Ed.2d 483 (1982); see Werner v. Upjohn Co., 628 F. 2d 848, 854 (4th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 1080, 101 S.Ct. 862, 66 L.Ed.2d 804 (1981). The evidence was admissible to show defect as to Budd but was not admissible to s…
• United States v. Newby Franklin Love, 767 F.2d 1052 (4th Cir. 1985)
  …ns of guilt are to be made.” Connecticut v. Johnson, 460 U.S. 73, 103 S.Ct. 969, 74 L.Ed.2d 823 (1983); see also Sandstrom v. Montana, 442 U.S. 510, 99 S.Ct. 2450, 61 L.Ed.2d 39 (1979); Tweety v. Mitchell, 682 F. 2d 461 (4th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1013, 103 S.Ct. 1255, 75 L.Ed.2d 483 (1983). Nevertheless, the instruction in this case did not “create a conclusive or burden shifting presumption on intent” in the manner of the instructions condemned in Sandstrom and Johnson. Instead, the charge mere…
• United States v. Leonor Guzman, 781 F.2d 428 (5th Cir. 1986)
  …lar was authenticated, and a court-ordered exemplar taken during the prosecution would have been less probative because Leonor might have tried to disguise her handwriting. See United States v. Hamann, 688 F. 2d 507, 513 (7th Cir.1982), cert. denied 460 U.S. 1013, 103 S.Ct. 1255, 75 L.Ed.2d 483 (1983). Because the evidence was highly probative and the danger of unfair prejudice was only remote, the district court did not err in allowing the introduction of the evidence without limiting instructions. Leono…