BUTLER

v.

JOHNSON ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Blanton v. City of N. Las Vegas, 489 U.S. 538 (U.S. 1989)
  …term authorized for a particular offense. A legislature’s view of the seriousness of an offense also is reflected in the other penalties that it attaches to the offense. See United States v. Jenkins, 780 F. 2d 472, 474, and n. 3 (CA4), cert. denied, 476 U. S. 1161 (1986). We thus examine “whether the length of the authorized prison term or the seriousness of other punishment is enough in itself to require a jury trial.” Duncan, supra, at 161 (emphasis added); see also Frank, 395 U. S., at 152 (three years’ pr…
• United States v. Causey, 834 F.2d 1277 (6th Cir. 1987)
  …’s inveterate rule not to reverse on grounds not raised in the district court.” United States v. McDowell Contractors, Inc., 668 F. 2d 256, 257 (6th Cir.1982) (per curiam). See United States v. Cardinal, 782 F. 2d 34, 36-37 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1161, 106 S.Ct. 2282, 90 L.Ed.2d 724 (1986). Therefore, our review is limited to whether or not plain error occurred. Id. As the Supreme Court noted in United States v. Young, 470 U.S. 1, 105 S.Ct. 1038, 84 L.Ed.2d 1 (1985), “the adversary system permit…
• United States v. Provost, 875 F.2d 172 (8th Cir. 1989)
  …affirming, this court noted that the general credibility of the witness was a matter collateral to her credibility concerning the alleged rape. Id. at 739. We find further support in United States v. Cardinal, 782 F. 2d 34 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1161, 106 S.Ct. 2282, 90 L.Ed.2d 724 (1986), which involved a conviction for the rape of a minor child by her uncle on an Indian reservation. The Sixth Circuit held that it was not reversible error to exclude evidence that the victim had reported and wit…