Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Benedict v. United States

454 U.S. 1087

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1981-11-30
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that “murder scene exception” applied when search conducted pre- Mincey and trial conducted post-Mincey
  • a defendant’s acquiescence in the State’s Rule 16 violation recognized by the Court as a “trial tactic” barring a subsequent complaint by the defendant that the trial justice abused his discretion in refusing to prevent the State from using the previously undisclosed material at trial

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Benedict v. United States. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.