Hurtado v. California
HURTADO V. CALIFORNIA,
HURTADO V. CALIFORNIA, 110 U.S. 516 (1884). The issue in this case was whether a conviction for murder without grand jury indictment was a violation of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The State of California had provided a criminal procedure based merely on information or formal accusation by the prosecution. In 1884 the Supreme Court held that such conviction was not forbidden by the Constitution. In line with this principle, the Court in Twining v. New Jersey (1908) exempted the states from guaranteeing another Fifth Amendment civil liberty, freedom from compulsory self-incrimination.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kelly, Alfred H., Winfred A. Harbison, and Herman Belz. The American Constitution: Its Origins and Development. 7th ed. New York: Norton, 1991.
Leonard C.Helderman/a. r.