Chambers v. Mississippi, No. 71-5908 (U.S. Supreme Court) (410 U.S. 284; 93 S.Ct. 1038) (February 21, 1973) (Justice Powell)
In this case the strict application of certain Mississippi rules of evidence thwarted the petitioner's attempts to present his version of the facts during his murder trial. Based on the state's common-law rule that a party may not impeach his own witness, the trial court barred the petitioner's request to ...
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