PEREZ ET AL.

v.

CONNECTICUT

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Smith, 930 F.2d 1081 (5th Cir. 1991)
  …o permit defense counsel to impeach Mrs. Smith’s credibility during closing argument. A hearsay declarant’s credibility is subject to impeachment, see United States v. Graham, 858 F. 2d 986, 990 (5th Cir.1988) (citing Fed.R.Evid. 806), cert. denied, 489 U.S. 1020, 109 S.Ct. 1140, 103 L.Ed.2d 201 (1989), but defendant apparently harbors the misconception that the sixth amendment affords him an unqualified right of impeachment. The essential purpose of the confrontation clause is to secure for the opponent th…
• United States v. Vasquez, 953 F.2d 176 (5th Cir. 1992)
  …arijuana to the prospective purchaser 12 — this evidence is “sufficient for a reasonable factfinder to conclude” that Vasquez shared the criminal intent of the principals. See United States v. Graham, 858 F. 2d 986, 991 (5th Cir.1988), cert. denied, 489 U.S. 1020, 109 S.Ct. 1140, 103 L.Ed.2d 201 (1989). Furthermore, the same evidence that supports Vasquez’s conspiracy conviction also supports the jury’s finding that Vasquez aided and abetted the possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, as charged…
• United States v. Gonzalez, 922 F.2d 1044 (2d Cir. 1991)
  …e v. Butler, 848 F. 2d 500, 505-507 (5th Cir.1988) (mandatory sentence of life without parole given to 21 year old heroin addict held constitutional despite court’s expressed sympathy that “the tiger trap has sprung on a sick kitten”), cert. denied, 489 U.S. 1020, 109 S.Ct. 1140, 103 L.Ed.2d 201 (1989). Consequently, the imposition under 18 U.S.C. § 1111 of a life sentence without parole in this case is not so grossly disproportionate to the offense as to constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eig…