Opinion

Lavelle v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

  • 449 U.S. 840
  • 49 U.S.L.W. 3247
  • 101 S. Ct. 117
  • 66 L. Ed. 2d 47
  • 1980 U.S. LEXIS 2847
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Oct 6, 1980
Status
Published
Cited by
56 cases
Authority
More cited than 95.6%

where court finds by preponderance of the evidence that the defendant coerced witness into silence by threatening his life, defendant waived his rights of confrontation and to make hearsay objections

How later courts described this case

  • where court finds by preponderance of the evidence that the defendant coerced witness into silence by threatening his life, defendant waived his rights of confrontation and to make hearsay objections
  • where defendant had coerced a witness into silence by threatening the witness’ life, defendant waived his right of confrontation and his right to make hearsay objections
  • where defendant had coerced witness into silence by threatening witness’s life, defendant waived his right to make hearsay objections to witness’s grand jury testimony
  • grand jury investigation alone justified state Comptroller’s refusal to register

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Ct. App. Cal., 1st App. Dist. Certiorari denied.

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