Brief filed: 04/29/2009
Documents
Kansas v. Ventris
United States Supreme Court; Case No. 07-1356
Prior Decision
Opinion below, 176 P.3d 920 (Kan. 2008).
Argument(s)
Respondent’s voluntary statement to jailhouse informant planted in his cell by law enforcement, concededly in violation of the Sixth Amendment, was admissible to impeach his inconsistent testimony at trial.
Author(s)
Amy Howe and Kevin K. Russell, Howe & Russell P.C., Washington, D.C.; Thomas C. Goldstein, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, D.C.; and Pamela S. Karlan and Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Stanford, CA.
