Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Rivas Villegas
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 9, 1973No. 73-1574PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALFRED T. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Robert Rivas Villegas was convicted of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin. In this appeal he asserts that this circuit should change its rule on proof of prior convictions for impeachment.
Villegas, having been convicted in California in 1964 of a marijuana felony, requested a pretrial ruling that the government could not use evidence of the prior conviction to impeach him if he elected to testify in his own case. The district judge refused the request, and Villegas elected not to testify. The ruling was correct. 1
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Charles M. Luck v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- United States v. James Edward WallingCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- Keith Joseph Burg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Charles Earl StroudCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- Taylor v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
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3Cited by13 opinions
- United States v. BrashierCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Odell MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. JacksonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1975
- United States v. George Allen WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Donald Ray DavisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
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