Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

McDowell v. Civiletti

444 U.S. 969

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1979-11-26
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • "Expert testimony is admissible if the jury may receive 'appreciable help' from it."
  • defendant’s discarding of gun after illegal seizure was “abandonment” because it was not a “spontaneous reaction” to seizure but rather was “an independent act involving a calculated risk”

Citator

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C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.