Watts v. Indiana

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1949-06-27

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Mr. Justice Frankfurter announced the judgment of the Court and an opinion in which Mr. Justice Murphy and Mr. Justice Rutledge join. Although the Constitution puts protection against crime predominantly in the keeping of the States, the *50 Fourteenth Amendment severely restricted the States in their administration of criminal ju…

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