Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Morgan v. United States

513 U.S. 1114

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1995-01-17
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • rejecting witness’ statement against penal interest as reliable after-discovered evidence, where sole purpose of statement was to impeach testimony connecting defendant to crime
  • mistrial not warranted where defendant appeared in prison clothing at trial and judge informed jury that defendant was incarcerated
  • attorney not ineffective for failing to impeach accomplice on minor inconsistencies between pre-trial statement and trial testimony

Citator

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Authority status
pending
Cited by
60 opinions

C. A. Armed Forces. Certiorari denied.