Douglas v. Alabama

379 U.S. 815, 85 S. Ct. 77
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
DecidedOctober 12, 1964
DocketNo. 313
StatusPublished

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Bluebook
Douglas v. Alabama, 379 U.S. 815, 85 S. Ct. 77 (1964).

Opinion

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Alabama' granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition which reads as follows:

“1. Is the defendant in a criminal trial deprived of due process of law when the prosecutor knowingly calls an alleged accomplice to the stand to secure from him a refusal to testify and when his presence on the stand is used as a pretense for reading to the jury an alleged confession of the witness which is inadmissible against the defendant?”

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