Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Lavelle v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
Lavelle v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., 449 U.S. 840 (1980)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1980-10-06
- Topic
- employee-benefits-and-executive-compensation
How later courts describe this case
- where defendant had coerced witness into silence by threatening witness’s life, defendant waived his right to make hearsay objections to witness’s grand jury testimony
- where defendant had coerced a witness into silence by threatening the witness’ life, defendant waived his right of confrontation and his right to make hearsay objections
- waiver of right to confrontation and hearsay objections by threats to witness
- accessory crime “presupposes the completion of an underlying crime”
- grand jury investigation alone justified state Comptroller’s refusal to register
Citator
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Ct. App. Cal., 1st App. Dist. Certiorari denied.