Beck v. Washington

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1962-06-25

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Mr. Justice Clark delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner David D. Beck contends that his conviction of grand larceny in the Superior Court of the State of Washington for King County is invalid under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. This contention is based primarily on what is characterized as voluminous and continuous adverse publicity circulated by news media in…

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