Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
In re Smith
420 U.S. 922
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1975-02-18
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- Having a non-lawyer justice of the peace preside over a criminal trial which results in a jail sentence violates a defendant's due process rights since justice courts are not courts of record
- “Neither Brady nor any other case ... requires that disclosures under Brady must be made before trial.”
- Government not required to turn over Brady material before trial
- no present case or controversy
Citator
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- Cited by
- 68 opinions
Motion for leave to file petition for writ of certiorari and/or mandamus and/or prohibition denied.