Palko v. Connecticut

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1937-12-06

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Mr. Justice Cardozo delivered the opinion of the Court. A statute of Connecticut permitting appeals in criminal cases to be taken by the state is challenged by appellant as an infringement of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. Whether the challenge should be upheld is now to be determined. Appellant wa…

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