Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Enoch v. Lane
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 23, 1984No. 83 C 4303PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PRENTICE H. MARSHALL, District Judge.
In this habeas corpus case we address an issue of apparent first impression in this circuit: whether it is constitutionally permissible in a state criminal prosecution for the trial judge to refuse to permit a material defense witness to testify because the witness was not listed on the defense’s pretrial witness list submitted in response to the prosecution’s discovery request.
Petitioners Jimmie, Melvin, and Robert Enoch were found guilty of rape and aggravated kidnapping by a jury in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois in June…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. HuerstelArizona Supreme Court · 2003
- United States of America, Ex Rel. Jimmie Enoch, Melvin Enoch, and Robert Enoch v. Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of the State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- People v. EnochAppellate Court of Illinois · 1989
- United States v. W. Jason MitanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Chappee v. Commonwealth of MassachusettsDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1987
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