Crane v. Kentucky
- Decided
- June 9, 1986
- Docket
- 85-5238
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that the defendant's right to present a defense was denied by the exclusion of evidence — State v. Brown (2000)
- holding that the exclusion of evidence which denied the defendant an opportunity to present a defense is subject to harmless error analysis — State v. Kleypas (2001)
- holding that fair trial required admission of testimony that was “central” to defense concerning reliability of sixteen-year-old’s confession to murder — State v. Garron (2003)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Justice O’Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.
Prior to his trial for murder, petitioner moved to suppress his confession. The trial judge conducted a hearing, determined that the confession was voluntary, and denied the motion. At trial, petitioner sought to introduce testimony about the physical and psychological environment in which the confession was obtained. His objective in so doing was to suggest that the statement was unworthy of belief. The trial court ruled that the testimony pertained solely to the issue of voluntariness and was therefore inadmissible. The question presented is whether this ruling deprived petitioner of his rights under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitution.
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Crane v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 683 (1986)Read the full opinion
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