Taylor v. Illinois

1988

Court: US Supreme Court

Facts: Fight results in death. Witnesses dispute who did the shooting (i.e., maybe it was the victim's brother).

Posture: convicted at trial: the judge refused to allow unspecified witnesses to testify

Issue: Did excluding these witnesses violate Compulsory Process pretections in 6a?

Holding: No. The conviction is affirmed.

Rule: There's no unlimited right to present evidence that is incompetent, privileged, or otherwise inadmissable.

Reasoning: The judge pretty much thought that witnesses would be "found" who weren't really witnesses.

Dicta: