Legal Opinion
United States v. Philip Schwab
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 28, 1989No. 1360, Docket 89-1048PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
The principal issue on this appeal is whether a prosecutor may seek to impeach a defendant’s credibility by asking the defendant on cross-examination about prior misconduct that the prosecutor knows has been the subject of a trial and an acquittal. The issue arises on an appeal by Philip B. Schwab from a judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Eugene H. Nickerson, Judge), convicting him, upon a jury verdict, of bribing and offering to bribe a public official, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(1)(A) (Supp. V 1987). We conclude that the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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3Cited by38 opinions
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