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Schwartz v. Texas, 344 U.S. 199 (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.
Schwartz v. Texas, 344 U.S. 199 (1952)
Schwartz v. Texas No. 41 Argued November 12, 1952 Decided December 15, 1952 344 U.S. 199
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS
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Section 605 of the Federal Communications Act, which provides that "no person not being authorized by the sender shall intercept any communication and divulge or publish" the contents thereof to any person, and which has been construed to render such intercepted communications inadmissible as evidence in federal courts, does not exclude such intercepted communications from evidence in criminal proceedings in state courts. Pp. 199-204.
___ Tex.Cr.R. ___, 246 S.W.2d 174, affirmed.
Petitioner was convicted in a Texas state court as an accomplice to the crime of robbery, upon evidence obtained by wiretapping. The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas upheld the conviction. ___ Tex.Cr.R. ___, 246 S.W.2d 174, rehearing denied, ___ Tex.Cr.R. ___, 246 S.W.2d 179. This Court granted certiorari. 343 U.S. 975. Affirmed, p. 204.
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Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Schwartz v. Texas, 344 U.S. 199 (1952). cited in 1952, 344 U.S. 199. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L21MJJM9VGU8DUV.
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