Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Clay v. United States

Clay v. United States, 430 U.S. 934 (1977)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1977-03-21
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • “a transcript of a witness’ testimony in a prior trial is.not within the Jencks Act”
  • "It is improper conduct for the Government to ask a question which implies a factual predicate which the examiner knows [he or she] cannot support by evidence or for which [he or she] has no reason to believe that there is a foundation of truth."

Citator

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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.