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Maxwell v. Dow

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While the Court now incorporates a far greater portion of the Bill of Rights against the states, the specific narrow rights addressed in this case, specifically the right to a grand jury, and the right to a twelve-member jury in criminal cases remain unincorporated. In particular, with regard to
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Charles L. Maxwell was tried and convicted of robbery in Utah in 1898, and was eventually appealed to the Supreme Court, which heard the case in 1899. His suit argued that by denying him a twelve-member jury, and by avoiding the use of a grand jury, Utah's prosecution of him had violated his
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At the time of the case, the laws of Utah allowed criminal charges by grand jury or by "information", and provided for varying numbers of jurors depending on the court and charges involved.
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which states "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States", The landmark 1876
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A Practical Companion to the Constitution: How the Supreme Court Has Ruled on Issues from Abortion to Zoning. 1998/2008
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Peckham, joined by Fuller, Gray, Brewer, Brown, Shiras, White, McKenna
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held that five were insufficient eight years later.
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Justice Peckham delivered the opinion of the Court.
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L. Ed.
Melville Fuller
John M. Harlan
Horace Gray
David J. Brewer
Henry B. Brown
George Shiras Jr.
Edward D. White
Rufus W. Peckham
Joseph McKenna
Due Process Clause
grand jury
information
Fourteenth amendment
Bill of Rights
Privileges or Immunities Clause
Slaughter-House Cases
incorporated
Due Process Clause

Rufus Wheeler Peckham
John Marshall Harlan
Hurtado v. California
Twining v. New Jersey
Williams v. Florida
Ballew v. Georgia

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