Legal Opinion
United States v. Walter Louis Allsup, A/K/A Walter Lewis Allsup
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 19, 1973No. 73-1081, 73-1232PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
The dispositive issue on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in permitting the government to “impeach” the court’s witness by offering the testimony of two witnesses as to oral out-of-court statements previously given by the court’s witness allegedly inconsistent with his trial testimony. We hold the court erred and that under the circumstances a new trial must be granted.
Defendant was indicted in a 3 count indictment charging interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicles: Count I involved a 1963 Ford implement truck from Southern Illinois to Iowa on…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Warfield Milo Goings v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Tommie Lee Dunmore, United States of America v. Ronald Eugene JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by10 opinions
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