Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Wilson v. Harelson

488 U.S. 917

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1988-10-17
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding objection and a posttrial motion are generally necessary to preserve an issue for appeal
  • holding objection and a posttrial motion are necessary to preserve an issue for appeal
  • holding objec-tion and a posttrial motion are necessary to preserve an issue for appeal
  • salesman did not personally seek out customers but used a company brochure and "presented the basic facts necessary to effectuate a sale"; solicitation under section 12(2) found to exist
  • jury might understand that written list including nonstatutory mitigating factors is exhaustive and, consequently, fail to consider other unenumerated nonstatutory mitigants
  • a party waives an issue for review where it fails to object at trial

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C. A. 9th Cir. Motion of petitioner to defer consideration of the petition for certiorari denied. Certiorari denied.