Matarese v. LeFevre
Matarese v. LeFevre, Superintendent, Clinton Correction Facility
Matarese v. LeFevre, 480 U.S. 908 (1987)
Opinion of the Court
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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.
How later courts describe this case
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(recognizing the power to raise plain error sua sponte)
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("Congress intended ... rule [17(b) ] serve as a means of implementing the Sixth Amendment right to compulsory process.")
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(court erred in refusing to sequester witness after testimony, because rule applies prospectively and retrospectively, to preclude witnesses who have already testified from discussing the case with the other witnesses)
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(failure to specify the order or decision was not a jurisdictional defect)
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