Lem Woon v. Oregon

Citations

• 229 U.S. 586
• 33 S. Ct. 783
• 57 L. Ed. 1340
• 1913 U.S. LEXIS 2470

Syllabus

<p>The “due process of law” clause of the Fourteenth Amendment does not require the State to adopt the institution and procedure of a grand jurypnor does it require an examination, or the opportunity for one, prior to a formal accusation by the district attorney by information. Held that the Information Law of 1899 of Oregon is not unconstitutional as denying due process of law.'</p> <p>Ross v. Oregon, 227 U. S. 150, followed to the effect that the subsequent amendment to the constitution of Oregon affecting prosecutions affected only prosecutions thereafter instituted and had no effect on those which had already been instituted although based on information.</p>