CRUZ-VALENZUELA

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (17 total)

• United States v. Norton, 867 F.2d 1354 (11th Cir. 1989)
  …morandum was, as we have stated, sufficiently trustworthy and reliable. Also, defense counsel had the opportunity to cross examine the custodian, Link, respecting its accuracy. See United States v. Peden, 556 F. 2d 278, 281 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 871, 98 S.Ct. 216, 54 L.Ed.2d 150 (1977). The Supreme Court recently observed in a related context that the prosecution is not required to demonstrate either unavailability of the declarant or an independent indicia of reliability when the evidence fa…
• United States v. Singer, 660 F.2d 1295 (8th Cir. 1981)
  …ns which supported admissibility.8 Fed.R.Evid. 609(b) establishes what is in effect a rebuttable presumption against the admissibility of prior convictions more than ten years old.9 See Mills v. Estelle, 552 F. 2d 119, 120 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 871, 98 S.Ct. 214, 54 L.Ed.2d 149 (1977). Accord, United States v. Portillo, 633 F. 2d 1313, 1323 (9th Cir. 1980), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 1043, 101 S.Ct. 1764, 68 L.Ed.2d 241 (1981); United States v. Cobb, 588 F. 2d 607, 612 & n.8 (8th Cir. 1978), cert.…

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• Dafro M. Jefferies v. Harris Cnty. Cmty. Action Ass'n, 615 F.2d 1025 (5th Cir. 1980)
  …,4 we must conclude that the district court’s findings do not satisfy F.R.Civ.P. 52(a) because a- full understanding of the issues to be resolved on appeal cannot be reached. See Theriault v. Silber, 547 F. 2d 1279, 1280-81 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 871, 98 S.Ct. 216, 54 L.Ed.2d 150 (1977); Armstrong v. Collier, 536 F. 2d 72, 77 (5th Cir. 1976); Mladinich v. United States, 371 F. 2d 940 (5th Cir. 1967).5 Therefore, we vacate the por [*1032] tion of the district court’s opinion which held that Jeffe…