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Chapman Vs. California

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Feb 20, 1967

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  2. Tumey Vs. Ohio US Supreme Court · Mar 07, 1927
  3. Payne Vs. Arkansas US Supreme Court · May 19, 1958
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  4. Haynes Vs. Washington US Supreme Court · May 27, 1963
  5. Jackson Vs. Denno US Supreme Court · Jun 22, 1964
  6. GriffIn Vs. California US Supreme Court · Apr 28, 1965
  7. Fahy Vs. Connecticut US Supreme Court · Dec 02, 1963
  8. Betts Vs. Brady US Supreme Court · Jun 01, 1942
  9. Sheppard Vs. Maxwell US Supreme Court · Jun 06, 1966
  10. Tehan Vs. Shott US Supreme Court · Jan 19, 1966
  11. Palko Vs. Connecticut US Supreme Court · Dec 06, 1937
  12. Malloy Vs. Hogan US Supreme Court · Jun 15, 1964
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  14. U.S. 18 (1967) U.S. Supreme Court Chapman v. California
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  15. U.S. 18 (1967) Chapman v. California
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  16. trial, but before petitioners' appeal was considered, the state constitutional provision was invalidated by Griffin v. California
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  17. before petitioners' cases had been considered on appeal by the California Supreme Court, this Court decided Griffin v. California
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  18. States Constitution and made applicable to California and the other States by the Fourteenth Amendment. See Malloy v. Hogan
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  19. Where there is a violation of the rule of Griffin v. California
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  20. We prefer the approach of this Court in deciding what was harmless error in our recent case of Fahy v. Connecticut
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  21. There is little, if any, difference between our statement in Fahy v. Connecticut
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  22. can no more be considered harmless than the introduction against a defendant of a coerced confession. See, e.g., Payne v. Arkansas
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  23. Payne v. Arkansas
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  24. Cf. Woodby v. Immigration
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  25. at trial, the Court has always reversed convictions regardless of other evidence of guilt. As we stated in Lynumn v. Illirois
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  26. That conclusion Page 386 U. S. 43 has been accorded consistent recognition by this Court. Malinski v. New
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  27. Spano v. New
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  28. Glasser v. United
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  29. States, 315 U. S. 60 , 315 U. S. 76 . That, indeed, was the whole point of Gideon v. Wainwright
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  30. U. S. 335 , overruling Betts v. Brady
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  31. White v. Maryland
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  32. interest in the result, even if no particular prejudice is shown and even if the defendant was clearly guilty. Tumey v. Ohio
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  33. no showing need be made that the jurors were, in fact, prejudiced against him. Sheppard v. Maxwell
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  34. Rideau v. Louisiana
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  35. U. S. 723 , 373 U. S. 727 . See also Estes v. Texas
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  36. must be overturned though there was ample evidence apart from the presumption to sustain the verdict. Bollenbach v. United
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  37. the fact that there was a valid alternative ground on which the conviction could have been sustained. Stromberg v. California
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  38. Williams v. North
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  39. Carolina, 317 U. S. 287 , 317 U. S. 292 . In a long line of cases leading up to and including Whitus v. Georgia
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  40. precedent in this case, and promulgate a novel rule of harmless error applicable to clear violations of Griffin v. California
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  41. to discharge. A rule of automatic reversal would seem best calculated to prevent clear violations of Griffin v. California
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  42. decision but which was not final on appeal until afterwards, so the doctrine of prospectivity announced in Tehan v. Shott
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  43. should not be the result. For these reasons I believe it inappropriate to inquire whether the violation of Griffin v. California
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  44. that the rejection of a harmless error rule turns on any unique evidentiary impact that confessions may have. Haynes v. Washington
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  45. these values with interests of judicial economy might well dictate a harmless error rule for such violations. Cf. Fahy v. Connecticut
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  46. Earlier this Term, in O'Connor v. Ohio
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  47. U. S. 92 , we reversed a conviction on the basis of Griffin v. California
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  48. of federal law. The Court imposes a revised version of the standard utilized in Fahy v. Connecticut
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  49. and adequate state ground of judgment. Believing this to be the situation here, I would dismiss the writ. Viator v. Stone
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  50. be found. The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees individuals against invasions by the States of fundamental rights, Palko v. Connecticut
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