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Taylor Vs. Kentucky

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 30, 1978

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  1. Estelle Vs. Williams US Supreme Court · May 03, 1976
  2. Henderson Vs. Kibbe US Supreme Court · May 16, 1977
  3. Cupp Vs. Naughten US Supreme Court · Dec 04, 1973
  4. Howard Vs. Fleming US Supreme Court · Nov 16, 1903
  5. U.S. 478 (1978) U.S. Supreme Court Taylor v. Kentucky
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  6. U.S. 478 (1978) Taylor v. Kentucky
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  7. a violation of his right to a fair trial as guaranteed by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Howard v. Fleming
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  8. Coffin v. United
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  9. suspicion, indictment, continued custody, or other circumstances not adduced as proof at trial. See, e.g., Estelle v. Williams
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  10. on the presumption is one way of impressing upon the jury the importance of that right. See, e.g., United States v. Thaxton
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  11. Reynolds v. United
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  12. People v. Hill
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  13. Carr v. State
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  14. State v. Rivers
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  15. Commonwealth v. Madeiros
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  16. Reeves v. State
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  17. Fla. 527, 542, 10 So. 901, 905 (1892). See also Holt v. United
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  18. Agnew v. United
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  19. though perhaps not in itself reversible error, often has been criticized as confusing. See, e.g., United States v. Muckenstrum
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  20. United States v. Christy
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  21. But arguments of counsel cannot substitute for Page 436 U. S. 489 instructions by the court. United States v. Nelson
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  22. was the duty of the court to safeguard petitioner's rights, a duty only it could have performed reliably. See Estelle v. Williams
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  23. Finally, the Commonwealth argues that Howard v. Fleming
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  24. to be weighed in the accused's favor. Brief for Appellants in Howard v. Fleming
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  25. p. 310 (3d ed. 1977). See also United States v. Alston
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  26. United States v. Cummings
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  27. to the fact that the highest court of Kentucky settled the issue for that State almost 50 years ago. See, e.g., Mink v. Commonwealth
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  28. we will not strain the record in an effort to divest petitioner of his federal forum at this late date. See Cicenia v. Lagay
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  29. retreated from its conclusion that the presumption of innocence is evidence to be weighed by the jury. See Agnew v. United
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  30. that is indulged in the absence of contrary evidence. Carr v. State
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  31. this sense, it is possible to interpret the extended historical discussion of the presumption of innocence in Coffin v. United
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  32. an element of Fourteenth Amendment due process, an essential of a civilized system of criminal procedure. See Johnson v. Louisiana
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  33. Record in Howard v. Flemming
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  34. ante at 436 U. S. 479 , quoting Estelle v. Williams
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  35. court, it is reversible error to refuse a request for a proper instruction on the presumption of innocence. Coffin v. United
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  36. it may not, therefore, provide the basis for a reversal. Cf. Estelle v. Williams
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  37. Cf. Lakeside v. Oregon
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  38. U.S. Supreme Court Taylor v. Kentucky
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  39. the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Howard v. Fleming
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  40. United States v. Thaxton
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  41. Holt v. United
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  42. United States v. Muckenstrum
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  43. United States v. Nelson
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  44. See Estelle v. Williams
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  45. United States v. Alston
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  46. Mink v. Commonwealth
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  47. See Cicenia v. Lagay
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  48. See Agnew v. United
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  49. See Johnson v. Louisiana
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  50. Howard v. Flemming
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