Legal Opinion
United States v. Lanier
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 31, 1997No. 95-1717PublishedCited by 1,992 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Souter
Respondent David Lanier was convicted under 18 U. S. C. § 242 of criminally violating the constitutional rights of five women by assaulting them sexually while Lanier served as a state judge. The Sixth Circuit reversed his convictions on the ground that the constitutional right in issue had not previously been identified by this Court in a case with fundamentally similar facts. The question is whether this standard of notice is higher than the Constitution requires, and we hold that it is.
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David Lanier was formerly the sole state Chancery Court judge for two rural counties in western…
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