Kansas v. Ventris
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
We address in this case the question whether a defendant’s incriminating statement to a jailhouse informant, concededly elicited in violation of Sixth Amendment strictures, is admissible at trial to impeach the defendant’s conflicting statement.
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In the early hours of January 7,2004, after two days of no sleep and some drug use, Rhonda Theel and respondent Donnie Ray Ventris reached an ill-conceived agreement to confront Ernest Hicks in his home. The couple testified that the aim of the visit was simply to investigate rumors that Hicks abused children, but the couple may have been inspired by…
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2Cases cited23 opinions
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- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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