Alcorta v. Texas

Alcorta v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 12, 1957
Full case nameAlcorta v. Texas
Citations355 U.S. 28 (more)
Holding
Perjury from a prosecution witness is a due process violation when the prosecutor knows the witness testimony is false.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Harold H. Burton
Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II
William J. Brennan Jr. · Charles E. Whittaker
Case opinion
Per curiam

Alcorta v. Texas, 355 U.S. 28 (1957), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that perjury from a prosecution witness is a due process violation when the prosecutor knows the witness testimony is false.

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