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Chambers Vs. Mississippi

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Feb 21, 1973

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  1. Jenkins Vs. Mckeithen US Supreme Court · Jun 09, 1969
  2. Specht Vs. Patterson US Supreme Court · Apr 11, 1967
  3. Dutton Vs. Evans US Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1970
  4. Pointer Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · Apr 05, 1965
  5. New York Ex Rel. Bryant Vs. Zimmerman US Supreme Court · Nov 19, 1928
  6. Morrissey Vs. Brewer US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1972
  7. U.S. 284 (1973) U.S. Supreme Court Chambers v. Mississippi
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  8. U.S. 284 (1973) Chambers v. Mississippi
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  9. Page 410 U. S. 295 See also Morrissey v. Brewer
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  10. his conscience so that the jury might judge for itself whether McDonald's testimony was worthy of belief. Mattox v. United
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  11. Bruton v. United
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  12. may, in appropriate cases, bow to accommodate other legitimate interests in the criminal trial process. E.g., Mancusi v. Stubbs
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  13. and requires that the competing interest be closely examined. Berger v. California
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  14. Page 410 U. S. 296 Clark v. Lansford
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  15. and he is not available in order that his demeanor and credibility may be assessed by the jury. California v. Green
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  16. exception for declarations, like McDonald's in this case, that are against the penal interest of the declarant. Brown v. State
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  17. Declarations against penal interest have also been excluded in federal courts under the authority of Donnelly v. United
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  18. confession here was in a very real sense self-incriminatory and unquestionably against interest. See United States v. Harris
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  19. He could have been cross-examined by the State, and his demeanor and responses weighed by the jury. See California v. Green
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  20. The availability of McDonald significantly distinguishes this case from the prior Mississippi precedent, Brown v. State
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  21. Few rights are more fundamental than that of an accused to present witnesses in his own defense. E.g., Webb v. Texas
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  22. Washington v. Texas
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  23. brief on the merits, or at oral argument -- that the questions are not properly reviewable by this Court. See Street v. New
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  24. U. S. 63 , 278 U. S. 67 -68 (1928). Unlike Henry v. Mississippi
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  25. See Donnelly v. United
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  26. Forrest County Coop. Assn. v. McCaffrey
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  27. People v. Spriggs
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  28. People v. Lettrich
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  29. People v. Brown
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  30. Hines v. Commonwealth
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  31. United States v. Annunziato
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  32. Scolari v. United
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  33. cross-examination, and might well have known at the time he made the statement that he would not suffer for it. Brown v. State
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  34. not properly before the court or for some other reason. As my Brother REHNQUIST points out, the Court stated in Street v. New
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  35. the three opinions in Henry v. State
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  36. and we not only noted the existence of the rule, but recognized that it served a legitimate state interest. Henry v. Mississippi
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  37. Freeman v. State
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  38. In Carter v. State
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  39. Id. at 528, 21 So.2d at 404. The court proceeded to consider the issue. In Brooks v. State
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  40. The reach of these cases was left in doubt when, in affirming the judgment in Henry v. State
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  41. obtained evidence because the matter had not been presented to the trial court. The case did not come within Brooks v. State
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  42. Henry v. State
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  43. In King v. State
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  44. of allegedly illegally obtained evidence as if the appellant had made timely objection. Moreover, in Wood v. State
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  45. for the first time. Where this leaves the matter of our jurisdiction in the light of decisions such as Williams v. Georgia
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  46. bypass, and, affirming on appeal, 198 So.2d 213 (1967), the Mississippi Supreme Court did not mention Brooks v. State
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  47. Congress upon this Court's authority to review judgments of state courts. It is a jurisdictional limitation, Cardinale v. Louisiana
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  48. Oxley Stave Co. v. Butler
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  49. County, 166 U. S. 648 , 166 U. S. 655 (1897). In Street v. New
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  50. U.S. Supreme Court Chambers v. Mississippi
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