Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Speer v. Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.
485 U.S. 970
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1988-03-21
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding that defendant was deprived of meaningful opportunity to decide whether to testify where counsel misinformed defendant about the Government’s use of prior convictions if defendant took the stand
- counsel's failure to interview an alibi witness whose name was provided by the defendant and who had called and left messages at counsel's office
Citator
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C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.
Justice Stevens took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.