Opinion ID: 390302
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Tape Material As To Criden

Text: 71 A further factor referred to by the district court was that several portions of the videotape showing periods when Criden was alone in the room snooping through the contents of the undercover agent's briefcase were deemed admissible at the Schwartz-Jannotti trial but would not only be inadmissible in the Criden trial, but would be devastatingly prejudicial against him. 501 F.2d at 862. In view of the slim likelihood of any trial against Criden, see p. 825 supra, this factor loses much of the force attributed to it by the district court. Furthermore, the same voir dire protections referred to at p. 827 supra would also be available for Criden. 72