Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Lace v. United States

459 U.S. 854

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1982-10-04
Topic
general

prosecutor may not introduce evidence under the guise of impeachment for primary purpose of placing before the jury substantive evidence which is not otherwise admissible | sentence not invalid because court did not emphasize salient factors in presentence investigation report | consent voluntary when suspect signs consent form advising him of fourth amendment rights and no evidence of coercion

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.