Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Adams v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Adams v. United States Dist. Court for the N. Dist. of Cal., 522 U.S. 843 (1997)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1997-10-06
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • trial court's decision will be sustained if correct on any theory of "law applicable to the case", especially with regard to admission of evidence
  • accomplice testimony need not be corroborated to be legally sufficient to show corpus delicti
  • accom-plice testimony need not be corroborated to be legally sufficient to show corpus de-licti
  • failure to object to proffered character testimony forfeits appellate claim that it should not have been admitted
  • "the denial of a motion in limine is not sufficient to preserve error”

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.