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Mayberry v. Pennsylvania, 400 U.S. 455 (1971)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Mayberry v. Pennsylvania, 400 U.S. 455 (1971)
Mayberry v. Pennsylvania No. 121 Argued December 17, 1970 Decided January 20, 1971 400 U.S. 455
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Under the facts of this case, a defendant in a state criminal contempt proceeding who vilified the judge during the course of the defendant’s trial in the state court and was sentenced by that judge to 11 to 22 years for the contempt was entitled under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to a public trial before another judge. Pp. 462-466.
434 Pa. 478, 255 A.2d 131, vacated and remanded.
DOUGLAS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BURGER, C.J., and BRENNAN, STEWART, WHITE, MARSHALL, and BLACKMUN, JJ., joined. BURGER, C.J., post, p. 466, and HARLAN, J., post, p. 469, filed concurring opinions. Bl.ACK, J., filed a separate statement, post, p. 466.
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MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Mayberry v. Pennsylvania, 400 U.S. 455 (1971), in 400 U.S. 455, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9NVRAN2HY5HW5LL.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Mayberry v. Pennsylvania, 400 U.S. 455 (1971). cited in 1971, 400 U.S. 455. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9NVRAN2HY5HW5LL.
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