http://www.oyez.org/issues/criminal-procedure/presentation/ U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1960/1960_561/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1984/1984_84_776/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1980/1980_78_1841/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_5025/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1957/1957_32/ <p>Does a District Court have the authority to reject a defendant's offer to conceded a prior conviction and admit the prosecution's presentation of it when the name or nature of the conviction raises the risk of a verdict tainted by improper considerations, and when the purpose of the evidence is solely to prove the element of prior conviction?</p><p>No. In an opinion authored by Justice David Souter, the Court ruled that a district court abuses its discretion under the Federal Rules of Evidence if it spurns a defendant's offer to concede a prior judgment and admits the full judgment record over the defendant's objection, when the name or nature of the prior offense raises the risk of a verdict tainted by improper considerations, and when the purpose of the evidence is solely to prove the element of prior conviction.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_95_6556/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1974/1974_73_6336/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1959/1959_35/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1992/1992_91_1300/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1991/1991_91_872/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1957/1957_1/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1991/1991_90_1972/