Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Roberts v. Missouri
479 U.S. 946
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1986-11-03
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- held reversible error when prosecutor's comments, although technically correct statements of law, diminished the jury's sense of responsibility in violation of the eighth amendment
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 62 opinions
Sup. Ct. Mo.; and
Sup. Ct. Ky. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 86-5310, 709 S. W. 2d 857; No. 86-5482, 709 S. W. 2d 424.