Supreme Court· 2/25/1986

United States v. Mechanik

Citations

475 U.S. 66
106 S. Ct. 938
89 L. Ed. 2d 50
1986 U.S. LEXIS 3
54 U.S.L.W. 4167

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holding that a petit jury’s guilty verdict made harmless a set of errors made in connection with the indictment
holding that as a guilty verdict established probable cause to indict, a procedural error in the grand jury was harmless error
holding that, despite an error in the grand jury proceeding, \the supervening jury verdict made reversal of the conviction and dismissal of the indictment inappropriate.\
holding that petit jury’s guilty verdict in prosecution for drug-related offenses and conspiracy established probable cause to charge defendants and thus rendered harmless any error in grand jury’s charging decision
holding that a petit jury’s conviction renders any error in the grand jury’s charging decision harmless
holding that alleged witness error before grand jury was harmless in light of guilty verdict

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Judges: Rehnquist, Burger, White, Powell, Stevens, O'Connor, Brennan, Blackmun, Marshall

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