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KANSAS v. VENTRIS

No. 07-1356.

129 S.Ct. 1841 (2009)

556 U.S. 586

173 L.Ed.2d 801

KANSAS, Petitioner, v. Donnie Ray VENTRIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 29, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicole A. Saharsky for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioner.

Matthew J. Edge, for respondent.

Steve Six, Attorney General of Kansas, Stephen R. McAllister, Solicitor General, State of Kansas (Counsel of Record), Jared S. Maag, Deputy Solicitor General, State of Kansas, Topeka, KS, for Petitioner.

Matthew J. Edge, Counsel of Record, Randall L. Hodgkinson, Kansas Appellate Defender Office, Topeka, KS, for Respondent.

We address in this case the question whether a defendant's incriminating statement to a jailhouse informant, concededly elicited in violation of Sixth Amendment strictures, is admissible at trial to impeach the defendant's conflicting statement.

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