Legal Opinion
United States v. Hamilton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 8, 1995No. 93-02837PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:
The only issue in this criminal appeal is whether the district court committed reversible error in refusing to admit, for impeachment purposes, evidence of certain past criminal proceedings against the star government witness 827 F.Supp. 424. In light of the overwhelming amount of additional impeachment evidence the appellants were able to introduce, we find no basis upon which to reverse appellants’ convictions, and we AFFIRM the judgment below.
BACKGROUND
Defendant-appellants Jon Paul Hamilton and Allen Lamar McMurrey were convicted by a jury on July 1, 1993 for burglary…
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