Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Morgan v. United States

Morgan v. United States, 513 U.S. 1114 (1995)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1995-01-17
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • rejecting witness’ statement against penal interest as reliable after-discovered evidence, where sole purpose of statement was to impeach testimony connecting defendant to crime
  • mistrial not warranted where defendant appeared in prison clothing at trial and judge informed jury that defendant was incarcerated
  • attorney not ineffective for failing to impeach accomplice on minor inconsistencies between pre-trial statement and trial testimony

Citator

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Authority status
pending
Cited by
60 opinions

C. A. Armed Forces. Certiorari denied.