Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Vasquez v. Office of Personnel Management

521 U.S. 1122

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1997-06-27
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • argument error with regard to parole not preserved by requesting jury charge on parole issue
  • a general objection is not sufficient to apprise trial court of complaint urged and thus preserves nothing for review
  • Due process prohibits prosecutors from presenting testimony that any member of the prosecution team, including investigating and prosecutorial personnel, knows to be false
  • standard of harm more onerous on the defendant
  • Georgia habeas court applied Brecht

Citator

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C. A. 10th Cir. Certiorari denied.