Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Matthews v. United States
Matthews v. United States, 440 U.S. 972 (1979)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1979-03-26
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- explaining that where "prosecutorial overreaching” is present the interests protected by the Double Jeopardy Clause outweigh society's interest in conducting a second trial ending in acquittal or conviction
- certified documents from Missouri Department of Revenue showing ownership of automobile admissible as public record
- reasonable possibility that error materially affected the verdict
- "affecting outcome" test synonymous with harmless error standard
Citator
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- Cited by
- 62 opinions
C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.