MARTIN-TRIGONA

v.

FERRARI, TRUSTEE

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• United States v. Tarantino, 846 F.2d 1384 (D.C. Cir. 1988)
  …operly be called collateral. See United States v. Dimatteo, 716 F. 2d 1361, 1366-67 (11th Cir.1983) (evidence may be admitted to prove or disprove material facts in a case, even though a previous witness has testified to the contrary), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 860, 106 S.Ct. 172, 88 L.Ed.2d 143 (1985); Opager, 589 F. 2d at 803 (same). The trial judge, however, did not rely on the erroneous proposition that whether Rubin had been paid with a house was collateral. He said "[t]he issue ... as to the purposes fo…
• United States v. Douglas, 874 F.2d 1145 (7th Cir. 1989)
  …ts’ motions for new trial based on newly discovered evidence. Rulings on new trial motions based on newly discovered evidence are reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard. United States v. Streich, 759 F. 2d 579, 587 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 860, 106 S.Ct. 172, 88 L.Ed.2d 142 (1985); United States v. Kaufmann, 803 F. 2d 289, 291 (7th Cir.1986). See also United States v. Kelly, 790 F. 2d 130, 133 (D.C.Cir.1986). We will reverse only if the district court misapplied the law or abused its disc…
• United States v. Valencia, 907 F.2d 671 (7th Cir. 1990)
  …” was one of the elements of assault upon a federal officer with a dangerous weapon, 18 U.S.C. § 111, the trial judge committed no error in refusing to define “willfulness” because the term was not an element of the statutory offense), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 860, 106 S.Ct. 172, 88 L.Ed.2d 142 (1985). Second, as we have stated earlier, the elements instructions given at the beginning of the jury charge, supra p. 681, adequately stated the mental state that the prosecution had to prove in order to secure a c…