Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Smallwood v. Oregon
Smallwood v. Or., 434 U.S. 849 (1977)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1977-10-03
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- "There is no doubt that it is usually reversible error to admit evidence of the exercise by a defendant of the rights which the constitution gives him if it is done in a context whereupon inferences prejudicial to the defendant are likely to be drawn by the jury."
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Sup. Ct. Ore. Certiorari denied.