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Supreme Court· 5/30/1978

Taylor v. Kentucky

Citations

  • 436 U.S. 478
  • 98 S. Ct. 1930
  • 56 L. Ed. 2d 468
  • 1978 U.S. LEXIS 95

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Taylor v. Kentucky — U.S. Supreme Court case. This entry links to the full opinion in the CourtListener corpus.

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  • genuine risk that jury would convict defendant on basis of extraneous considerations rather than on proof adduced at trial
  • “[Arguments of counsel cannot substitute for instruction by the court.”

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Judges: Powell, Burger, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Brennán, Stevens, Rehnquist

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