Brooks v. Tennessee

Supreme Court

Brooks v. Tennessee

404 U.S. 955, 92 S. Ct. 328

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

DecidedNovember 16, 1971

DocketNo. 71-5313

StatusPublished

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Brooks v. Tennessee, 404 U.S. 955, 92 S. Ct. 328 (1971).

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Ct. Crim. App. Tenn. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to Questions III and IV, presented by the petition, which read as follows:

“III. The trial court was in error in refusing to allow defendant to be placed on the witness stand after other witnesses had testified in his behalf as said Tennessee Statute requiring defendant to be first witness is unconstitutional in violation of the Fifth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution and Article I, Section 9 of Tennessee Constitution.

“IV. Code section 40-2403 deprives a defendant of due process of law, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.”

Reported below: — Tenn. App. —, — S. W. 2d —.

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Ct. Crim. App. Tenn. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to Questions III and IV, presented by the petition, which read as follows:

“III. The trial court was in error in refusing to allow defendant to be placed on the witness stand after other witnesses had testified in his behalf as said Tennessee Statute requiring defendant to be first witness is unconstitutional in violation of the Fifth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution and Article I, Section 9 of Tennessee Constitution.

“IV. Code section 40-2403 deprives a defendant of due process of law, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.”

Reported below: — Tenn. App. —, — S. W. 2d —.

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404 U.S. 955, 92 S. Ct. 328, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/brooks-v-tennessee-scotus-1971.