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Henry v. Mississippi

Citations

  • 379 U.S. 443
  • 85 S. Ct. 564
  • 13 L. Ed. 2d 408
  • 1965 U.S. LEXIS 2006

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that state procedural rules generally will be “adequate” when they are reasonable and clearly stated
  • finding that the Mississippi rule requiring contemporaneous objection to the introduction of illegal evidence serves a legitimate state interest by giving the court the opportunity to conduct the trial without using tainted evidence
  • stating that “deliberate bypassing by counsel of the contemporaneous-objection rule [to illegally seized evidence] as a part of trial strategy” was not an exceptional circumstance requiring prior con sultation with the defendant
  • noting that the contemporaneous objection rule works to “immediately appris[e] the trial judge of the objection, . . . giv[ing] the court the opportunity to conduct the trial without using the tainted evidence”
  • showing of legitimate state interest required for non-compliance with state procedural rule to bar direct review by Supreme Court
  • noting that if supported by sound tactical reasons, “counsel’s deliberate choice of the strategy [to delay objection] would amount to a waiver binding on petitioner and would preclude him from a decision on the merits of his federal claim either in the state courts or here”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Brennan, Black, Hablan, Clark, Stewart

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821 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases named Henry v. Mississippi

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