Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Scroggins v. United States
Scroggins v. United States, 543 U.S. 1112 (2005)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2005-01-24
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that, even “[a]bsent legal error,” district court may still grant a new trial based on two witnesses’ failure to show up and testify, if it resulted in “a manifest injustice” and defendant “would have probably been acquitted” otherwise
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SCROGGINS
v.
UNITED STATES.
No. 04-6970.
Supreme Court of United States.
January 24, 2005.
1
C. A. 5th Cir. Reported below: 379 F. 3d 233; Motions of petitioners for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted, judgments vacated, and cases remanded for further consideration in light of United States v. Booker, ante, p. 220.