NASH v. ILLINOIS

No. 163, Misc.

389 U.S. 906 (1967)

NASH v. ILLINOIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 16, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George L. Saunders, Jr., for petitioner. William G. Clark, Attorney General of Illinois, and John J. O'Toole and Donald J. Veverka, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent.


Certiorari denied.

MR. JUSTICE FORTAS, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE and MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS join, dissenting.

Petitioner was convicted of murder on the testimony of William Triplett, an accomplice in the crime. The prosecutor promised Triplett, leniency if he testified against the petitioner. Triplett, however, testified that he had not been promised anything. The prosecutor knew this testimony was false, and the jury heard Triplett's entire testimony under...

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