Supreme Court· 5/20/1991

Michigan v. Lucas

Citations

500 U.S. 145
111 S. Ct. 1743
114 L. Ed. 2d 205
1991 U.S. LEXIS 2778

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recognizing that, rather than adopting per se rule for precluding evidence under rape shield statute, state courts must determine, on case-by-case basis, whether exclusionary rule “is ‘arbitrary or disproportionate’ to the State’s legitimate interests”
holding that defendant’s right to present testimony may have to bow to other legitimate interests in criminal trial process in court’s rejection of challenge to Michigan rape shield law
denying defendant’s Sixth Amendment challenge to the exclusion of evidence regarding his prior sexual relationship with victim because defendant failed to comply with the notice and hearing requirement of Michigan’s rape-shield law
“Failure to comply with [the notice] requirement may in some cases justify even the severe sanction of preclusion.”
Court rejected challenge to Michigan rape shield law, holding that defendant’s right to present testimony may have to bow to other legitimate interests in criminal trial process
state rape shield law; Court remanded for determination of confrontation clause violation

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Judges: Blackmun, O'Connor, Rehnquist, White, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Black-, Stevens, Marshall

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