Arizona v. Fulminante
Significance, Harmless Error And The Supreme Court, New Direction?, The Federal Bureau Of Investigation
Petitioner
State of Arizona
Respondent
Orestes C. Fulminante
Petitioner's Claim
That the Arizona Supreme Court had erred in awarding Fulminante a new trial for murder.
Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Barbara M. Jarrett
Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Stephen R. Collins
Justices for the Court
Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter
Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
26 March 1991
Decision
Affirmed the lower court's decision to grant a new trial, on the basis that the state used an inadmissible, coerced confession to convict Fulminante.
Related Cases
- Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18 (1967).
Sources
West's Encyclopedia of American Law. St. Paul, MN: West Group, 1998.
Sources
U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. Capital Punishment 1996. Washington, DC: U.S. Government, 1997.
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