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TAYLOR v. ILLINOIS

No. 86-5963.

484 U.S. 400 (1988)

TAYLOR v. ILLINOIS

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 25, 1988

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Cunningham argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Paul P. Biebel, Jr., Robert P. Isaacson, and Emily Eisner.

Michael Shabat argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Jill Wine-Banks, Deputy Attorney General, Roma J. Stewart, Solicitor General, and Joan G. Fickinger, Assistant Attorney General.*

JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

As a sanction for failing to identify a defense witness in response to a pretrial discovery request, an Illinois trial judge refused to allow the undisclosed witness to testify. The question presented is whether that refusal violated the petitioner's constitutional right to obtain the testimony of favorable witnesses. We hold that such a sanction is not absolutely prohibited...

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