Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Olbres v. United States

Olbres v. United States, 516 U.S. 991 (1995)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1995-11-27
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • implying defendant may not need the same level of competence for sentencing as for trial
  • polygraph condition of probation valid because, inter alia, the main function of a polygraph appears to be the added psychological factor that if the probationer fails to tell the truth, he will be detected
  • “As with any statutory question, we begin with the language of the statute”
  • “[a]s with any statutory question, we begin with the language of the statute”
  • “ ‘[I]f the State, either expressly or by implication, asserts that invocation of the privilege [against 1 See, e.g., State v. Love-Faust, 309 Or App 734, 742, 483 P3d 45, adh’d to as modified on recons, 311 Or App 756, 489 P3d 149 (2021

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C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.