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· 7/25/1986

William Ronald Jefferies v. Louie L. Wainwright

Citations

  • 794 F.2d 1516
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 18241

How courts have described this case

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

  • “[c]ounsel’s inability to impeach [a prosecution witness] with the suppression transcript itself did not deprive appellant of an effective defense”
  • “We do not concede, however, that functional alternatives are limited to those devices which allow impeachment by a witness’ own words . . . . Thus, a functional alternative to a typed transcript includes any device which allows a defendant to 23 present an effective defense”

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Judges: Fay, Clark, Nies

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