United States First Circuit

Even if defense counsel's poor handling of the receipt of stolen property evidentiary issue led the court into error, the exclusion of evidence offered to further impeach a witness's credibility is harmless error if there was already substantial impeachment evidence in the record.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/04/2001
• Published 06/06/2001

Judges

• LIPEZ, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Theodore B. Heinrich, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William A. Hahn, with whom Hahn & Matkov was on brief, for appellee.