ABRAHAM

v.

WHITE, WARDEN

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Blanton, 884 F.2d 973 (7th Cir. 1989)
  …will reverse the district court’s determination that evidence is relevant only when there is an abuse of that discretion. United States v. Wellman, 830 F. 2d 1453, 1468 (7th Cir.1987); Young v. Rabideau, 821 F. 2d 373, 377 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 915, 108 S.Ct. 263, 98 L.Ed.2d 221 (1987). The government did not produce the actual LSD or marijuana that Blanton and Cree bought and sold, nor did it present a chemical analysis thereof at trial. We agree with the numerous circuits that have held that…
• United States v. Kinney, 953 F.2d 863 (4th Cir. 1992)
  …evidence secured by private searches, even if illegal, need not be excluded from a criminal trial. Burdeau v. McDowell, 256 U.S. 465, 475, 41 S.Ct. 574, 576, 65 L.Ed. 1048 (1921); United States v. Mehra, 824 F. 2d 297, 299 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 915, 108 S.Ct. 263, 98 L.Ed.2d 220 (1987). Kinney contends, however, that the second time Akers entered the closet, the presence of the police transformed the nature of the search from a private search to a governmental search. This argument is unsuppo…
• Williams v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 922 F.2d 1357 (8th Cir. 1990)
  …liams must show his substantial rights have been prejudiced by the rulings. Fed.R.Evid. 103(d); Young v. Rabideau, 821 F. 2d 373, 376 (7th Cir.) (party challenging exclusion of evidence has burden of showing exclusion was prejudicial), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 915, 108 S.Ct. 263, 98 L.Ed.2d 221 (1987); Tyler v. White, 811 F. 2d 1204, 1207 (8th Cir.1987) (same). When the district court excluded Williams’s medical evidence, Williams’s lawyer had to make an offer of proof revealing the doctors’ answers. See Fed.…