Legal Opinion
United States v. Margarita Martinez De Ortiz
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 16, 1990No. 88-1760PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
We granted rehearing in banc to decide whether a portion of § 5.11 of this circuit’s pattern jury instructions, Federal Criminal Jury Instructions of the Seventh Circuit § 5.11 (1980), is consistent with Fed.R. Evid. 104 and Bourjaily v. United States, 483 U.S. 171, 107 S.Ct. 2775, 97 L.Ed.2d 144 (1987). We conclude that it is not.
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2Cases cited26 opinions
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3Cited by79 opinions
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