Court Opinion

ID: 9468896
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 02:26:15.251374+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:41:06.248429
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CUDAHY, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
Although I concur, I think the case as to admissibility of evidence of duress is close. In both U. S. v. Bailey, 444 U.S. 394, 100 S.Ct. 624, 62 L.Ed.2d 575 (1980), and U. S. v. Patrick, 542 F.2d 381 (7th Cir. 1976), unlike in the instant case, the defendants were permitted to introduce such evidence; in those cases, the trial court merely declined to allow a duress defense to be submitted to the jury.