Harrison v. U.S

In Harrison v. U.S. (1968) 392 U.S. 219, prior testimony of the defendant was read into evidence over the defendant's objection that he had testified at the former trial only because inadmissible confessions had been introduced. (Id. at p. 221.) The Harrison court found that the trial testimony had been tainted by the same illegality that had rendered the confessions inadmissible and reversed. (Id. at pp. 223-226.) Harrison turned on the fact that defense counsel argued during the opening statement that defendant would not testify, a decision that changed after the admission of the confessions. (Id. at pp. 225-226.)