United States Ex Rel. Darcy v. Handy

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1956-06-11

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Mr. Justice Burton delivered the opinion of the Court. The question before us is whether the accused, who is under a sentence of death, imposed by a Pennsylvania court and jury for murder committed during the course of an armed robbery, was tried under such prejudicial circumstances and improper influences that he was denied the due process of law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of th…

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