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Rochin v. California, 342 U.S. 165 (1952)
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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.
Rochin v. California, 342 U.S. 165 (1952)
Rochin v. California No. 83 Argued October 16, 1951 Decided January 2, 1952 342 U.S. 165
CERTIORARI TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FOR THE
SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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Having "some information" that petitioner was selling narcotics, three state officers entered his home and forced their way into the bedroom occupied by him and his wife. When asked about two capsules lying on a bedside table, petitioner put them in his mouth. After an unsuccessful struggle to extract them by force, the officers took petitioner to a hospital, where an emetic was forced into his stomach against his will. He vomited two capsules which were found to contain morphine. These were admitted in evidence over his objection, and he was convicted in a state court of violating a state law forbidding possession of morphine.
Held: The conviction is reversed, because it was obtained by methods violative of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Pp. 166-174.
101 Cal. App. 2d 140, 225 P. 2d 1, reversed.
In a California state court, petitioner was convicted of violating a state law forbidding the possession of morphine. The District Court of Appeal affirmed. 101 Cal. App. 2d 140, 225 P. 2d 1. The State Supreme Court denied a review. This Court granted certiorari. 341 U.S. 939. Reversed, p. 174.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Rochin v. California, 342 U.S. 165 (1952) in 342 U.S. 165 342 U.S. 166. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JNMMSCMQH1S5EGP.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Rochin v. California, 342 U.S. 165 (1952), in 342 U.S. 165, page 342 U.S. 166. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JNMMSCMQH1S5EGP.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Rochin v. California, 342 U.S. 165 (1952). cited in 1952, 342 U.S. 165, pp.342 U.S. 166. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=JNMMSCMQH1S5EGP.
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