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389 U.S. 968

Miller v. California

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1967-12-04

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Decided 1967-12-04

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Cited by 30 later decisions (8 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 1995 · most notably Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. (1968), United States v. Radio Television News Directors Ass'n (1969)

16 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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F. Lee Bailey and Alan M. Dershowitz, for petitioner.

Thomas C. Lynch, Atty. Gen. of California, William E. James, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Philip C. Griffin, Deputy Atty. Gen., for respondent.

¶1

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, granted limited to questions 1 and 2 presented by the petition which read as follows:

¶2

'1. Whether the introduction of admissions made to an undercover agent planted in petitioner's jail cell constituted a violation of petitioner's constitutional rights to counsel and against self-incrimination.

¶3

'2. Whether inculpatory admissions, obtained under circumstances like those here involved, can ever constitute harmless error.'

¶4

The case is placed on the summary calendar.

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