Court Opinion

ID: 9423523
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:08:07.447888+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:22:44.706545
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Harlan,
whom Mr. Justice Black and Mr. Justice White join,
dissenting.
The record in this case shows no prosecutorial bad faith or intentional misconduct. To the extent that the prosecutor contemplated the use of prior convictions in a one-stage recidivist trial, his right to do so is of course established by Spencer v. Texas, 385 U. S. 554, decided only last Term. The fact that the prior convictions turned out to be inadmissible for other reasons involves at the most a later corrected trial error in the admission of evidence. We do not sit as a court of errors and appeals in state cases, and I would affirm the judgment of the state court.