Evidence Fall 2022

Resource 3 . 2 . 8

15 minutes

United States v. Abel

Prof. Nina Chernoff

United States v. Abel, the case mentioned in your text, is the Supreme Court’s clearest (and most frequently cited) treatment of bias-based impeachment.  The opinion also incorporates an assessment of relevance (under 401 and 402) and 403 balancing.  

Supreme Court of the United States

469 U.S. 45, 83 L. Ed. 2d 450, 105 S. Ct. 465, 1984 U.S. LEXIS 164, SCDB 1984-006

No. 83-935

1984-12-10

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