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Adams v. Maryland, 347 U.S. 179 (1954)
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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.
Adams v. Maryland, 347 U.S. 179 (1954)
Adams v. Maryland No. 271 Argued January 7, 1954 Decided March 8, 1954 347 U.S. 179
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND
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1. In response to a summons, petitioner appeared before a Senate Committee investigating crime. Answering without objection questions asked on behalf of the Committee, he confessed to having run a gambling business in Maryland.
Held: under 18 U.S.C. § 3486, his testimony before the Committee was inadmissible in his trial in a state court for a gambling offense, and his conviction based on such evidence is reversed. Pp. 179-183.
(a) Petitioners failure to claim a constitutional privilege against self-incrimination did not deprive him of the statutory protection afforded by § 3486. Pp. 180-181.
(b) Section 3486 applies to criminal proceedings in state courts, as well as federal courts. Pp. 181-182.
(c) Counselman v. Hitchcock, 142 U.S. 547, in no way impairs the protection afforded congressional witnesses by § 3486. Pp. 182-183.
2. As thus construed, § 3486 does not exceed the constitutional power of Congress. P. 183.
202 Md. 455, 97 A.2d 281, reversed.
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