United States Fifth Circuit

In the government's appeal from the district court's pretrial order excluding evidence of defendant's prior convictions for purposes of impeachment in a RICO prosecution, the order is vacated where: 1) the court had jurisdiction to hear the appeal under 18 U.S.C. section 3731; and 2) judicial discretion granted with respect to the admissibility of other prior convictions was not applicable to those involving dishonesty or false statements, as defendant's prior convictions did.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/06/2010
• Published 10/06/2010

Judges

• Edith B. Clement

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel