Criminal
Jun. 23, 2017
High court brushes off ‘minor’ constitutional violations in two criminal rulings
In two criminal law decisions issued Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court excused apparent violations of defendants’ constitutional rights because the court did not believe those violations affected the final guilty verdicts.
In two criminal law decisions issued Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court excused apparent violations of defendants’ constitutional rights because the court did not believe those violations affected the final guilty verdicts.
In Turner v. United States, 2017 DJDAR 5940,the court ruled that although exculpatory evidence had been withheld from the defense in a group kidnapping and murder trial, that evidence was not material. And in Weave...
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