Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Wright v. Illinois

479 U.S. 1101

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1987-02-23
Topic
intellectual-property-and-technology

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that because defense counsel could not articulate a basis for a belief that police would give perjured testimony, the trial court in a capital case did not err in denying defendant’s motion to discover the personnel records of police officers who would testify

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Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 85-6783, 111 Ill. 2d 128, 490 N. E. 2d 640; No. 85-7008, 509 Pa. 67, 501 A. 2d 200; No. 85-7016, 486 So. 2d 1321; No. 85-7232, 255 Ga. 616, 340 S. E. 2d 891; No. 86-5207, 112 Ill. 2d 111, 492 N. E. 2d 1303; No. 86-5434, 112 Ill. 2d 324, 493 N. E. 2d 579; No. 86-5599, 112 Ill. 2d 517, 494 N. E. 2d 475; No. 86-5801, 102 Nev. 377, 724 P. 2d 734; No. 86-5906, 113 Ill. 2d 83, 497 N. E. 2d 995; No. 86-5958, 492 So. 2d 1059; No. 86-5994, 25 Ohio St. 3d 144, 495 N. E. 2d 407; No. 86-6017, 289 Ark. 387, 713 S. W. 2d 233; No. 86-6026, 494 So. 2d 745; No. 86-6033, 718 S. W. 2d 256; No. 86-6092, 494 So. 2d 969; No. 86-6194, 495 So. 2d 154.