Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Safir v. Interstate Commerce Commission

488 U.S. 841

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1988-10-03
Topic
bankruptcy

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that the right to testify is protected by the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments
  • applying Chapman to judicial trial error: overwhelming evidence of guilt, defendant’s testimony would merely bolster testimony of other witnesses
  • applying harmless error analysis to denial of defendant's right to testify

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Safir v. Interstate Commerce Commission. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.