Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Third Circuit -- USA v. Herman Friedman

No error in denial of Bribery deft's instruction on coercion, as the law was incorrectly stated.

No error in exclusion of tax official's testimony in support of deft, as it was a list of actual apartments in the building, not legal apartments in the building.

Exclusion of cross of CI as to past bribery was correct - cumulative.

Brady nondisclosure wasn't material.

Substantial procedural errors in sentence.

USA v. Herman Friedman
Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

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