Mr. Justice Douglas, with whom Mr. Justice Black concurs, dissenting. I had assumed that all criminal and civil decisions involving constitutional defenses which go in favor of the defendant were necessarily retroactive. That is to say, the Constitution has from Chief Justice Jay’s time been retroactive, * for there were no decisions on the points prior thereto. Marchetti v.…
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