Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Barker v. United States
Barker v. United States, 475 U.S. 1143 (1986)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1986-04-28
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- reviewing for plain error the district court’s rulings limiting cross-examination where no timely objection was made at trial
- broad discretion afforded to issuing judge, who determines probable cause in a practical, commonsense manner
- factor to determine whether government properly minimized calls is whether the callers used ambiguous or coded language
- state constitution does not bar prosecution following illegal arrest
Citator
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- Cited by
- 174 opinions
C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.