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State of Indiana v. Brian J. Taylor

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided March 30, 2016No. 46S04-1509-CR-552PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUSH, Chief Justice.

A criminal suspect’s state and federal rights to counsel and confrontation of witnesses are essential to a fair trial. Here, police officers and a prosecutor eavesdropped on a criminal suspect’s pre-inter-rogation consultation with his lawyer, overhearing information regarding both evidence and trial strategy. Then, when called to testify about that eavesdropping in depositions and a suppression hearing, the officers’ invocation of their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination left the suspect with no means of confirming what they heard. The parties agree — as…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Nix v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Lafler v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  4. Weatherford v. BurseySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Delaware v. FenstererSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State of Indiana v. John B. LarkinIndiana Supreme Court · 2018
  2. State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Delaware · 2019
  3. Jacob Lee Silvers v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2018
  4. Anthony Wayne Barnett v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals · 2017
  5. In the Matter of: Robert NearyIndiana Supreme Court · 2017

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