Legal Opinion
United States v. Nigel D. Ince
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1994No. 93-5247PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Nigel D. Ince was convicted by a jury for assault with a dangerous weapon, with intent to do bodily harm. Because the United States’ only apparent purpose for impeaching one of its own witnesses was to circumvent the hearsay rule and to expose the jury to otherwise inadmissible evidence of Ince’s alleged confession, we reverse.
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