Legal Opinion
Napue v. Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 15, 1959No. 583PublishedCited by 3,872 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren
At the murder trial- of petitioner the principal state witness, then serving a 199-year sentence for the same murder, testified in response to a question by the Assistant State’s Attorney that he had received no promise of consideration in return for his testimony. The Assistant State’s Attorney had in fact promised him consideration, but did nothing to correct the witness’ false testimony. The jury was apprised, however, that' a public defender had promised “to do what he could” for the witness. The question presented is whether on these facts the failure of the prosecutor to correct the…
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