Legal Opinion
Peter F. Lafrance v. George H. Bohlinger, Iii, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 28, 1974No. 73-1327PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
The main question on appeal is whether a state judge committed constitutional error when he permitted the district attorney to use a witness’ prior statement to the police to impeach the witness without a judicial inquiry into its voluntariness and without instructing the jury to pass on its voluntariness. Cf. Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368, 84 S.Ct. 1774, 12 L.Ed.2d 908 (1964). The district court ruled that the trial judge’s treatment of the statement, which implicated the accused as well as the witness in the crimes for which the former was on trial,…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by65 opinions
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- United States v. Kevin R. DaileyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
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