Legal Opinion
United States v. Waymond Richard Hatcher
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 29, 1974No. 73-3042PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Hatcher appeals from a conviction for interstate transportation of a stolen ve hide, a violation of the Dyer Act, 18 U. S.C. § 2312. We affirm.
The trial judge admitted evidence of appellant’s three prior Dyer Act convictions, one of which dated from 1955. Appellant claims that the district judge failed to properly exercise his discretion under the Luck rule which requires the trial judge to weigh the relevance of the prior convictions as affecting a defendant’s credibility against their prejudicial impact. Luck v. United States, 121 U.S.App.D.C. 151, 348 F.2d 763, 768-769 (1965); see…
3Cases cited10 opinions
- Charles M. Luck v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- Arnold Lowe v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Anthony PalumboCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- United States v. Albert PucoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- United States v. A. D. AllisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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4Cited by11 opinions
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- United States v. James Edward Gaines, United States of America v. Francis Edward MartinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. George Allen WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
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