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Napue v. Illinois

Napue v. Illinois, 360 U.S. 264 (1959)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year1959
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A prosecutor's failure to correct testimony he knows to be false, even if it goes only to a witness's credibility, violates the Due Process Clause.

Area of Law

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