taylor illinois taylor illinois decision court held defense witnesses prevented certain circumstances hurts defense case taylor case hold absolute bar blocking testimony surprise witness essential witness defendant limitation broad right present defense recognized washington texas taylor compulsory process clause case washington texas provide specific limitation right defendants force witnesses testify case court defendant right broadly ability present defense court restricted ability comply court rules especially rules equal consequence prosecution defense decision reached dissent justices felt defendant case limited based error solely defendant attorney list appropriate witnesses background history discovery rules discovery procedures defendants began adoption state laws 1920s following decades courts began new procedures example ordered discovery rules initial law requiring series problems surfaced imposed system sides refuse share intended testimony notice rule fashioned leading position sides ordered legislature create discovery system ending state experiment judicial discovery rule making set principles terms discovery rules williams florida court held florida notice rule violate fifth amendment rule williams years court mandated discovery rules general principle decision articulated way street approach trials run search truth maintaining poker game secrecy witnesses decisions specific discovery process supreme_court general constitutional rights defendants ruling washington texas washington court incorporated compulsory process clause states holding constitution violated arbitrary rules prevent categories defense witnesses despite court rule specifically appropriate instead applying constitutional standard state law decades supreme_court rejected attempts review sole taylor trial august arrested murder fight chicago advance trial prosecutor submitted request defense witnesses case defense attorney taylor provided list individuals include witnesses defendant tried introduce witnesses second day trial trial judge sanctioned defense failing witness names original list provided prosecution ruled witnesses allowed testify trial judge specifically frustrated witness known defense prior trial hidden away prosecution jury convicted taylor murder charge affirmed held discovery rules violated trial judge exclude evidence violating party wishes introduce ruling gave trial judge discretion appropriate remedy case exclude entirely surprise witnesses taylor sought writ review case accepted justice wrote opinion affirmed decision upheld taylor conviction began addressing position state illinois argued compulsory process clause concern witness discovery court held view stevens wrote rights fundamental accused present witnesses defense strong sixth amendment values forced court reject state argument time court rejected defendant broad claim defense witness stevens wrote compulsory process clause provides defendant effective weapon weapon process destroyed stevens argued simply refuse follow basic rules court public interests weigh absolute defense position broader idea embedded opinion idea misconduct attorney testimony instant case court held trial judge hold new witnesses testimony pattern discovery violations pattern taylor case series amendments witness list bad faith high purpose clause encompassing absolute right automatic stevens wrote misconduct judge defense counsel sixth amendment compulsory process clause need disrupt lower courts decisions defendant harmed defense counsel error stevens wrote argument excuse counsel fault despite rejection taylor constitutional position court create framework balancing test lower courts use handling future discovery questions trial court balance defendant interest robust defense state interest efficient justice state interest excluding evidence lacking integrity iii state interest strong judicial authority followed rules prosecution interest avoiding prejudice defendant discovery violation dissent justice opinion joined justices marshall argued court balancing test creates conflict interest case involving discovery violation better approach hold compulsory process clause bars discovery sanctions exclude criminal defense evidence quoted length washington texas case announced broad rights defendants present defense exclusion criminal defense evidence central aim criminal justice system opined deliberately record risk misleading jury innocent person went argue simple defense witness extreme penalty discovery violation point criminal justice basing convictions partial presentation facts dissent justice wrote separate long opinion stressed state legitimate interests occasion result different obtain factual context present case
Taylor v. Illinois