COURT ALLOWS EVIDENCE SEIZED ILLEGALLY IN TRIALS

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, January 14, 1992                   TAG: 9201140152
SECTION: NATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short
COURT ALLOWS EVIDENCE SEIZED ILLEGALLY IN TRIALS
The Supreme Court on Monday let stand rulings that allow evidence illegally seized by police to be used to increase a convicted criminal's prison sentence.
The court rejected arguments that such evidence, which must be excluded when determining guilt or innocence, should be barred from sentencing proceedings as well.
The justices also wrestled anew with the high-stakes question of whether people can sue cigarette manufacturers for allegedly misrepresenting the dangers of smoking.
The attorney representing the family of the late Rose Cipollone contended Monday that the federal law regulating cigarette advertising and labeling does not bar state court lawsuits accusing manufacturers of misleading people in ads or withholding information about smoking's dangers.
But H. Bartow Farr III, representing the companies, said Congress has "unmistakably barred the states" from regulating the companies through personal-injury suits.
- Associated Press

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB