Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Reyes v. Standard Mortgage Co.

Reyes v. Standard Mortg. Co., 519 U.S. 873 (1996)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1996-10-07
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • requiring less than a reasonable doubt but “more than mere suspicion”
  • evidence sufficient to sustain first degree murder conviction; three-year-old son of defendant's girlfriend died from massive head injuries and had numerous other injuries
  • “[T]here must be sufficient evidence at trial to support a finding by the jury that the accused committed the similar act for it to be admissible under F.R.Evid. 404(b).”
  • premeditated murder and murder in perpetration of robbery

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Authority status
pending
Cited by
33 opinions

C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.