Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Parsons v. United States
59 L. Ed. 2d 96
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1979-01-22
- Topic
- general
federal courts may in the interests of justice and expedition accept waiver of exhaustion by the state | federal courts may in the interests of justice and expedition accept waiver of exhaustion by the state | to show withdrawal, defendant must demonstrate that he took affirmative acts inconsistent with the object of the conspiracy and communicated this in a manner reasonably calculated to reach his or her coconspirators | negligent misstatements in an affidavit for a search warrant do not render the warrant invalid | to show withdrawal, defendant must demonstrate that he took affirmative acts inconsistent with the object of the conspiracy and communicated this in a manner reasonably calculated to reach his or her coconspirators | counsel’s objections or failures to object to admissions or statements of defendant covered by cause and prejudice standard | lack of knowledge of facts or law by counsel would be sufficient cause for failure to make objection within the “cause and prejudice” test of Francis v. Henderson, 425 U.S. 536, 96 S.Ct. 1708, 48 L.Ed.2d 149 (1976 | lack of knowledge of facts or law by counsel would be sufficient cause for failure to make objection within the "cause and prejudice" test of Francis v. Henderson, 425 U.S. 536, 96 S.Ct. 1708, 48 L.Ed.2d 149 (1976 | exhaustion waiva-ble when interests of justice and expedition so require | post crime conduct including flight, concealment and intimidation of a witness admissible | post crime conduct including flight, concealment and intimidation of a witness admissible
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- 58 opinions
C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.