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· 4/19/1984

Daniel K. Ferreira v. Michael Fair

Citations

  • 732 F.2d 245
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 23343

How courts have described this case

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  • “[W]e have no supervisory authority over state courts and may review their proceedings only for constitutional error.”
  • touchstone of due process is fairness of trial, not culpability of prosecutor
  • “In cases of alleged prosecutorial misconduct, the touchstone of due process analysis . . . is the fairness of 8 the trial, not the culpability of the prosecutor.”
  • touchstone of due process is fairness of trial, not culpability of prosecutor

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Judges: Coffin, Bownes, Breyer

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