Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Leach v. McCaughtry
498 U.S. 972
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1990-11-13
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- “[I]m-proper joinder [of offenses] does not, in itself, violate the Constitution. Rather, misjoinder ... rise[s] to the level of a constitutional violation only if it results in prejudice so great as to deny a defendant his ... right to a fair trial.”
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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.