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Taylor Vs. Illinois

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 25, 1988

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  1. Pennsylvania Vs. Ritchie US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1987
  2. Wardius Vs. Oregon US Supreme Court · Jun 11, 1973
  3. Crane Vs. Kentucky US Supreme Court · Jun 09, 1986
  4. Rock Vs. Arkansas US Supreme Court · Jun 22, 1987
  5. United States Vs. Nobles US Supreme Court · Jun 23, 1975
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  6. Brookhart Vs. Janis US Supreme Court · Apr 18, 1966
  7. U.S. 400 (1988) U.S. Supreme Court Taylor v. Illinois
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  8. U.S. 400 (1988) Taylor v. Illinois
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  9. Few rights are more fundamental than that of an accused to present witnesses in his own defense, see, e.g., Chambers v. Mississippi
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  10. Washington v. Texas
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  11. interest, we have held that even the defendant may not testify without being subjected to cross-examination. Brown v. United
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  12. States, 356 U. S. 148 , 356 U. S. 156 (1958). Moreover, in United States v. Nobles
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  13. cross-examination misconceives the issue. The District Court did not bar the investigator's testimony. Cf. Washington v. Texas
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  14. Cf. United States v. Nobles
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  15. This right is applicable in state, as well as federal, prosecutions. Washington v. Texas
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  16. through a quotation from an Illinois Appellate Court decision, two of our Compulsory Process Clause cases, Washington v. Texas
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  17. U. S. 14 (1967), and Chambers v. Mississippi
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  18. U. S. 284 (1973). The state court decision from which petitioner quoted, People v. Rayford
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  19. Williams v. Florida
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  20. Lloyd v. Gill
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  21. Rasnar Benson, Inc. v. Kassab
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  22. Rowlik v. Greenfield
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  23. Fendler v. Goldsmith
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  24. should be noted that, in Illinois, the sanction of preclusion is reserved for only the most extreme cases. In People v. Rayford
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  25. party demonstrates a 'deliberate contumacious or unwarranted disregard of the court's authority.' ( Schluartz v. Moats
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  26. Department of Transportation v. Mainline
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  27. where due process requires that a defendant be permitted to offer testimony of witnesses in his defense. ( Washington v. Texas
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  28. Few rights are more fundamental than that of an accused to present witnesses in his own defense.' ( Chambers v. Mississippi
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  29. Brookhart v. Janis
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  30. Doughty v. State
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  31. Cross v. United
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  32. claims. But the Appellate Court of Illinois had already reached that holding in an identical case. See People v. Douthit
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  33. the state court's failure to exercise that power in a particular case does not bar review in this Court. Williams v. Georgia
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  34. Sullivan v. Little
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  35. People v. Visnack
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  36. the Appellate Court below declined to exercise this discretion and deemed the waiver binding. Since, under Williams v. Georgia
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  37. Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
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  38. of the Compulsory Process Clause is also grounded in the general constitutional guarantee of due process. See Chambers v. Mississippi
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  39. Rock v. Arkansas
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  40. of criminal defense evidence undermines the central truthseeking aim of our criminal justice system, see United States v. Nixon
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  41. Crane, supra, at 476 U. S. 689 -690, testimony by persons who are mentally infirm, see Washington v. Texas
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  42. supra, at 388 U. S. 23 , n. 21, or evidence that represents a half-truth, see United States v. Nobles
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  43. such as a rule against introducing the testimony of an alleged accomplice, Washington v. Texas
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  44. of the relevant case law, this Court defined the standard governing the constitutional inquiry just last Term in Rock v. Arkansas
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  45. He argues only that he should not be completely precluded from introducing the testimony. Nobles and Brown v. United
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  46. The District Court did not bar the investigator's testimony. Cf. Washington v. Texas
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  47. U.S. Supreme Court Taylor v. Illinois
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  48. Brown v. United
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  49. Cf. Washington v. Texas
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  50. and Chambers v. Mississippi
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