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· 5/12/1980

Varkonyi v. United States

Citations

  • 446 U.S. 945
  • 100 S. Ct. 2173

How courts have described this case

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

  • recording made in “non-custodial environment, prior to [defendant’s] charge, arrest, or indictment ... does not implicate the sort of ethical problems addressed by the Code”
  • statements by government informant on tape recorded telephone conversation held to have been adopted by defendant under rule of adoptive admissions
  • “jury must be instructed as to the defense theory of the case”
  • “dilatoriness, standing alone, does not provide a sufficient basis for granting the writ”

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