Tuesday, November 27, 2012

First Circuit -- US v. Roszkowski

Trial court did not abuse discretion in barring CI from testifying to prove entrapment -- deft had to meet an 'entry level burden' of production.

 Discharge of weapon during arrest isn't an unrelated bad act for purposes of FRE when charge is weapons possession - part & parcel.

Deft talking about hollowpoint bullets durong taped phone call not a a bad act, just part of the narrative of the crime.

Federal gun possession statutes not rendered unconstitutional by Sibelius under insufficient-commerce-for-the-commerce-clause theory.

 US v. Roszkowski
Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

Category tags above are sporadically maintained Do not rely. Do not rely. Do not rely.

Author's SSRN page here.