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· 1/21/1998

LaChance v. Erickson

Citations

  • 522 U.S. 262
  • 118 S. Ct. 753
  • 139 L. Ed. 2d 695
  • 1998 U.S. LEXIS 636

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that it was irrelevant that statements were not made under oath for the purpose of criminal culpability for making false statements to government agency investigators
  • holding that it was irrelevant that statements were not made under oath for the purpose of criminal culpability for making false statements to government agency investigators
  • holding that it was irrelevant that statements were not made under oath for the purpose of criminal culpability for making false statements to government agency investigators
  • stating that an agency “may well . . . Case: 19-1973 Document: 46 Page: 12 Filed: 02/08/2021 12 HOLMES v. USPS take into consideration” its employee’s invocation of his or her Fifth Amendment right
  • “It is well established that a criminal defendant’s right to testify does not include the right to commit perjury.”
  • “The core of due process is the right to notice and a meaningful opportunity to be heard.”

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Judges: Rehnquist

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