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Chessman Vs. Teets

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 10, 1957

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  7. U.S. 156 (1957) U.S. Supreme Court Chessman v. Teets
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  8. U.S. 156 (1957) Chessman v. Teets
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  9. The Supreme Court of the State of California affirmed petitioner's conviction by a divided court. People v. Chessman
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  10. the record, as thus settled, was upheld by the California Supreme Court, first upon the motion just mentioned, People v. Chessman
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  11. the petitioner was entitled to be represented throughout those proceedings either in person or by counsel. See Powell v. Alabama
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  12. Dowdell v. United
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  13. Cole v. Arkansas
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  14. proceedings in propria persona, it then became incumbent on the State to appoint counsel for him. Cf. Powell v. Alabama
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  15. further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion, failing which the petitioner shall be discharged. Cf. Dowd v. United
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  16. See Johnson v. Zerbst
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  17. Certainly this Court's previous denials of certiorari, Chessman v. California
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  18. U.S. 864, do not foreclose us from now granting appropriate relief. Brown v. Allen
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  19. In Mooney v. Holohan
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  20. denial of constitutional rights some 18 years after the petitioner had been convicted in a state court. See also Price v. Johnston
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  21. between the prosecutor and the substitute reporter, for such was the finding of the District Court. Chessman v. Teets
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  22. confession obtained from Chessman. The confession was held admissible by the Supreme Court of California. People v. Chessman
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  23. prolonged detention by the police on the voluntary character of the confession, the type of problem presented in Haley v. Ohio
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  24. and Harris v. South
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  25. Carolina, 338 U. S. 68 . The Court denied certiorari. Chessman v. California
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  26. from a state court presents only darkly or obliquely an important constitutional issue. Perhaps, as in Massey v. Moore
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  27. and perhaps only then can the basic constitutional defect be laid bare. Such, for example, was the situation in Moore v. Dempsey
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  28. and Leyra v. Denno
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  29. corpus to issue), then we should have granted certiorari when the Supreme Court of California first held, in People v. Chessman
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  30. decision of the California Supreme Court was announced May 19, 1950. We denied certiorari on October 9, 1950. Chessman v. California
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  31. the voir dire examination of jurors and the prosecutor's opening statement. Further relief was denied. People v. Chessman
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  32. in which the trial judge considered objections to the transcript. Certiorari was denied on October 9, 1950. Chessman v. California
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  33. Certiorari and the motion for leave to file petition for writ of habeas corpus were denied on May 14, 1951. Chessman v. California
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  34. U.S. 929. The California Supreme Court affirmed Chessman's conviction on December 18, 1951. People v. Chessman
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  35. statute under which he was sentenced to death was unconstitutional. Certiorari was denied on March 31, 1952. Chessman v. California
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  36. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed that decision in May 28, 1953. Chessman v. People
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  37. giving him the opportunity to prove the inaccuracy or fraud. Certiorari was denied on December 14, 1953. Chessman v. California
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  38. Chessman v. California
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  39. of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, on April 7, 1955, affirmed the District Court decision. Chessman v. Teets
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  40. was reversed, and the case remanded to the District Court for a hearing on Chessman's allegations of fraud. Chessman v. Teets
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  41. to the jury had been accurately reported, the District Court discharged the writ on January 31, 1956. Chessman v. Teets
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  42. F.Supp. 761. The Court of Appeals affirmed on October 18, 1956. Chessman v. Teets
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  43. People v. Superior
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  44. In re Chessman and People v. Superior
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  45. U.S. Supreme Court Chessman v. Teets
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  46. People v. Chessman
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  47. See Powell v. Alabama
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  48. Dowdell v. United
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  49. Cf. Powell v. Alabama
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  50. Cf. Dowd v. United
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