Legal Opinion
United States v. Bobby Ray Ruffin
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 9, 1994No. 92-3260PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:
The only serious question in this appeal from a criminal conviction is whether a district court commits reversible error by failing, sua sponte, to strike testimony regarding a defendant’s “other crimes” (see Fed. R.Evid. 404(b)) when, later in the trial, the court determines that the government had not supplied sufficient proof of the defendant’s connection with those other crimes.
The facts paint a common and distressing picture. In a southeast Washington apartment, officers executing a search warrant found the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Huddleston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- United States v. Earnest McClainCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Leroy Miller, United States of America v. Paul A. MillerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Charles W. LewisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Joseph W. Dougherty and Terry L. ConnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by15 opinions
- United States v. AleskerovaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- United States v. WinbushCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- United States v. AleskerovaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- United States v. GordonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- United States v. Henry AchiekweluCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
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