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In Re Murchison, 349 U.S. 133 (1955)
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In Re Murchison, 349 U.S. 133 (1955)
In re Murchison No. 405 Argued April 20, 1955 Decided May 16, 1955 349 U.S. 133
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MICHIGAN
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A Michigan state judge served as a "one-man grand jury" under Michigan law in investigating crime. Later, the same judge, after a hearing in open court, adjudged two of the witnesses guilty of contempt and sentenced them to punishment for events which took place before him in the grand jury proceedings.
Held: their trial and conviction for contempt before the same judge violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Pp. 133-139.
The power of a trial judge to punish for a contempt committed in his immediate presence in open court is not applicable to the contempt proceeding here. P. 137.
340 Mich. 140, 65 N.W.2d 296, and 340 Mich. 151, 65 N.W.2d 301, reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," In Re Murchison, 349 U.S. 133 (1955) in 349 U.S. 133 Original Sources, accessed November 25, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=K89LKLW6ZZXVB25.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." In Re Murchison, 349 U.S. 133 (1955), in 349 U.S. 133, Original Sources. 25 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=K89LKLW6ZZXVB25.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in In Re Murchison, 349 U.S. 133 (1955). cited in 1955, 349 U.S. 133. Original Sources, retrieved 25 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=K89LKLW6ZZXVB25.
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