Avery v. Alabama

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1940-01-02

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Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner was convicted of murder in the Circuit Court of Bibb County, Alabama; he was sentenced to death and the State Supreme Court affirmed. 1 The sole question presented is whether in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment “petitioner was den…

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