Legal Opinion
United States v. Kevin Asher
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 12, 2018No. 17-6251PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN K. BUSH, Circuit Judge.
A jailor who abused his power found himself in the defendant's chair. He was indicted for beating up an inmate and filing a false report to cover it up. The charges required the government to prove that the jailor acted purposefully. So the government notified the jailor that it intended to introduce testimony that the jailor had also battered a different prisoner and concealed that crime. The jailor objected to the introduction of this prior-act evidence. He offered a conditional stipulation: if the jury believed that he committed the charged assault, he would…
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