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Lee Vs. Illinois

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 03, 1986

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  1. Ohio Vs. Roberts US Supreme Court · Jun 25, 1980
  2. Dutton Vs. Evans US Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1970
  3. Barber Vs. Page US Supreme Court · Apr 23, 1968
  4. Greene Vs. Mcelroy US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1959
  5. United States Vs. Inadi US Supreme Court · Mar 10, 1986
  6. U.S. 530 (1986) U.S. Supreme Court Lee v. Illinois
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  7. U.S. 530 (1986) Lee v. Illinois
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  8. they did not fall within the rule of Bruton v. United
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  9. enough to warrant its untested admission into evidence against Lee. See Ohio v. Roberts
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  10. to overcome that presumption. A In Pointer v. Texas
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  11. Id. at 380 U. S. 404 . Citing and quoting from such cases as Kirby v. United
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  12. States, Page 476 U. S. 540 174 U. S. 47 (1899), Alford v. United
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  13. States, 282 U. S. 687 (1931), Greene v. McElroy
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  14. U. S. 474 (1959), In re Oliver, 333 U. S. 257 (1948), and Turner v. Louisiana
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  15. to cross-examine witnesses is primarily a functional right that promotes reliability in criminal trials. In California v. Green
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  16. Bruton v. United
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  17. States, 391 U.S. at 391 U. S. 141 (WHITE, J., dissenting) (citations omitted). Thus, in Douglas v. Alabama
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  18. the presumption of unreliability that attaches to codefendants' confessions, citing as support our decision in Ohio v. Roberts
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  19. from the reason of the general rule.' Page 476 U. S. 544 Id. at 448 U. S. 65 , quoting Snyder v. Massachusetts
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  20. with the facts in the defendant's statement. See Parker v. Randolph
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  21. the possibility that this error was harmless when assessed in the context of the entire case against Lee. See Schneble v. Florida
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  22. Ibid. (quoted in Ohio v. Roberts
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  23. thus no opportunity for cross-examination sufficient to satisfy the demands of the Confrontation Clause. Cf Jackson v. Denno
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  24. expense of the other. We have nothing of that kind here. I agree with the Court that this case is governed by Ohio v. Roberts
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  25. U. S. 74 , 400 U. S. 89 (1970) (plurality opinion), quoting California v. Green
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  26. to prove the truth of what it asserts unless the witness is produced for cross-examination. See California v. Green
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  27. right not to testify against himself made him effectively unavailable for cross-examination by petitioner. See Douglas v. Alabama
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  28. U. S. 419 (1965). In much the same way, Thomas' testimony was unavailable to the State. See Phillips v. Wyrick
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  29. Thomas separately and granted him immunity from the use of his inculpatory testimony against petitioner. See Kastigar v. United
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  30. California v. Green
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  31. of determining whether their prior statements are admissible under an exception to the hearsay rule. See California v. Green
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  32. is the fact that Thomas' statements were thoroughly and unambiguously adverse to his penal interest. See United States v. White
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  33. Such circumstances were presented starkly in Douglas v. Alabama
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  34. with its purposes, see Ohio v. Roberts
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  35. Mattox v. United
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  36. As this Court recently explained in United States v. Inadi
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  37. In the circumstances of this case, however, the absence of this formality is not decisive. Cf. United States v. Thomas
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  38. requires only that a defendant be given the opportunity for cross-examination or its functional equivalent. See Ohio v. Roberts
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  39. Donnelly v. United
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  40. In Bruton v. United
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  41. Dutton v. Evans
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  42. in which the out-of-court statements are constitutionally inadmissible against the defendant. See United States v. Kelley
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  43. the entire confession could have been a misguided effort to please the interrogating officers, see, e.g., Parker v. Randolph
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  44. confessions for the rule announced in Bruton v. United
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  45. States, 391 U. S. 123 (1968). Compare Parker v. Randolph
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  46. U.S. Supreme Court Lee v. Illinois
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  47. of Bruton v. United
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  48. Lee. See Ohio v. Roberts
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  49. A In Pointer v. Texas
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  50. Kirby v. United
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