Miller v. Texas
Citations
- 153 U.S. 535
- 14 S. Ct. 874
- 38 L. Ed. 812
- 1894 U.S. LEXIS 2202
Syllabus
<p>This court expresses no opinion as to the validity or invalidity of the writ of error in this case.</p> <p>When the record in a case brought by writ of error from a state court shows nothing of what took place in the state court of original jurisdiction, and in the appellate state court no objection raising a Federal question 'during the trial and before judgment, but such question is raised for the first time in the.appellate court on a motion for a rehearing, the writ of error must be dismissed upon the ground that the Federal question is hot properly presented by the record.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- holding that with respect to “the second and fourth amendments” that “the restrictions of these amendments operate only upon the federal power, and have no reference whatever to proceedings in state courts”
- second amendment not applicable to states through fourteenth amendment
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Judges: Brown
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