Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
In Arizona v. Fulminante, the United States Supreme Court held that coerced confessions that are erroneously admitted at trial are now subject to the harmless-error rule. The Court's holding is a radical departure from precedent. Consequently, this note examines this precedent and the Fulminante decision. The author concludes that Fulminante has created inconsistency within the area of law dealing with coerced confessions, increased the possibility of unfair trials, and narrowed defendants' due process rights.
First Page
435
Last Page
462
Publication Date
5-1-1992
Department
College of Law
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Miller, Shawn O.
(1992)
"Harmful Error: Arizona v. Fulminante and the Expansion of the Harmless-Error Rule,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 12:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
Suggested Citation
Shawn O. Miller, Note, Harmful Error: Arizona v. Fulminante and the Expansion of the Harmless-Error Rule, 12 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 435 (1992).
