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Statement Obtained In Violation of Massiah Is Admissible at Trial for Impeachment Purposes

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Kansas v. Ventris, No. 07-1356 (U.S. Apr. 29, 2009)The question presented: "whether a defendant's incriminating statement to a jailhouse informant, concededly elicited in violation of Sixth Amendment strictures, is admissible at trial to impeach the defendant's conflicting statement."The answer: yes.How we got here: Ventris and an accomplice robbed a man at gunpoint. One of them shot and killed

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