Is character evidence admissible to rebut a defense of intimidation and threats?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Tutino, 883 F.2d 1125 (2nd Cir. 1989):
Sorrells v. United States, 287 U.S. 435, 451-52, 53 S.Ct. 210, 216-17, 77 L.Ed. 413 (1932). Character evidence is likewise admissible to rebut a defense of intimidation and threats, and to demonstrate the absence of compulsion. United States v. Murzyn, 631 F.2d 525, 529-30 (7th Cir.1980), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 923, 101 S.Ct. 1373, 67 L.Ed.2d 351 (1981).
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