Legal Opinion
United States v. Jerry Thomas Davis
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 5, 2015No. 13-12436PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINKLE, District Judge:
This criminal case presents three issues. First, does Federal Rule of Evidence 610, which excludes evidence of a witness’s “religious beliefs or opinions ... to attack or support the witness’s credibility,” bar evidence that a witness’s job is city and police-department chaplain, even when neither side argues that this affects credibility? Second, must a court give a special jury instruction on the credibility of a law enforcement officer and the defendant’s right to attack an officer’s credibility? Third, may a court that has already given one modified Allen charge…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Galloway v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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- United States v. William ReyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- United States v. BaroneCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
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