Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Winsett v. Illinois

510 U.S. 831

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1993-10-04
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that a decision to deny a motion to suppress and admit identification evidence is erroneous when it results in an abuse of discretion
  • allowing impeachment use of voluntary statement despite failure of police to observe the defendant's invoked right to silence
  • prospective juror who was so preoccupied with personal problems that he was unfit to serve on the jury was properly chal-lengeable for cause
  • age, family background, and criminal history offerred as mitigating

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510 U.S. 831

Winsett
v.
Illinois.

No. 92-8554.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 4, 1993.

1

Appeal from the Sup. Ct. Ill.

2

Certiorari denied. Reported below: 153 Ill.2d 335, 606 N. E. 2d 1186.