Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Kuhlmann v. Wilson case brief

Kuhlmann v. Wilson case brief summary
477 U.S. 436 (1986)

CASE SYNOPSIS
Petitioner sought review of a judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversing the district court's denial of respondent's successive petition for federal habeas corpus relief.

CASE FACTS
Respondent, convicted of murder, unsuccessfully sought federal habeas corpus relief, claiming his U.S. Constitutional Amendment VI right to counsel was violated by statements he made to a police informant who shared his cell but did not attempt to elicit the statements. After a subsequent case required suppression of statements made to a paid jailhouse informant, respondent brought a successive petition for habeas. The district court denied the petition and the appellate court reversed.

DISCUSSION

  • On appeal, the Court held that the ends of justice required consideration of a successive petition for habeas corpus where the prisoner made a colorable showing of factual innocence, which respondent could not do, and that U.S. 
  • Constitutional Amendment VI did not forbid the admission of statements made to an informant placed in close proximity who made no effort to stimulate conversations about the crime. 
  • Judgment reversing denial of habeas relief was reversed and the case remanded.


CONCLUSION

The Court reversed a judgment overturning the district court's denial of respondent's successive petition for habeas corpus relief where respondent could not meet the "ends of justice" test by supplementing his constitutional claim with a colorable showing of factual innocence.

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