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Opinion

Brooks v. Brown

  • 402 U.S. 971
  • 91 S. Ct. 1678
  • 29 L. Ed. 2d 155
  • 1971 U.S. LEXIS 1962
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
May 17, 1971
Status
Published
Cited by
35 cases
Authority
More cited than 94.3%

refusal to exclude testimony of informant paid under contingent fee agreement for conviction of specified persons for crimes not yet committed

How later courts described this case

  • refusal to exclude testimony of informant paid under contingent fee agreement for conviction of specified persons for crimes not yet committed
  • generally allowing testimony obtained under contingency deals

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus denied.

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