Opinion

Brown v. United States

  • 525 U.S. 916
  • 142 L. Ed. 2d 218
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Oct 5, 1998
Status
Published
Cited by
12 cases
Authority
More cited than 87.2%

applying the standard of abused discretion to decision involving voir dire

How later courts described this case

  • applying the standard of abused discretion to decision involving voir dire
  • noting that the dissimilarity between the facts in the hypothetical and those of that actual trial is a factor to consider
  • complaint regarding failure to admonish on range of punishment is constitutionally based requiring review under Rule 44.2(a)
  • involuntariness complaints based on failures to admonish are constitutionally based requiring review under Rule 44.2(a)

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

This record has no opinion text. It is a disposition such as a denial of certiorari, kept so the case can be found by name and citation.

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