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Legal Citation: 467 U.S. 431 (1984)

Petitioner
Crispus Nix

Respondent
Robert Anthony Williams

Petitioner's Claim
That evidence pertaining to the discovery of a body was properly admitted because it would have ultimately been discovered, even if the defendant's right to counsel had not been violated. Also that the state need not prove the absence of bad faith in securing the evidence.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Brent R. Appel

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Robert Bartels

Justices for the Court
Warren E. Burger (writing for the Court), Harry A. Blackmun, Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
11 June 1984