Court Opinion

ID: 9724789
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 11:14:08.229407+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:06.029069
License: Public Domain

SHEPARD, Chief Justice,
concurring.
Sulie's argument concerning the use of his post-Miranda request for counsel rests on the assumption that Wainwright v. Greenfield, 474 U.S. 284, 106 S.Ct. 634, 88 L.Ed.2d 623 (1986), can be applied retroactively to his 1976 trial. Assuming that to be so, it is apparent that a violation of Sulie's Miranda rights can be subjected to a constitutional harmless error analysis. Fencl v. Abrahamson, 841 F.2d 760 (7th Cir.1988). I am satisfied that the minor reference to Sulie's post-Miranda request for counsel did not contribute to the jury's verdict and thus join the majority in affirming the trial court's denial of Sulie's petition.