Supreme Court· 6/22/1972

Peters v. Kiff

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407 U.S. 493
92 S. Ct. 2163
33 L. Ed. 2d 83
1972 U.S. LEXIS 33

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holding that due process requires that jurors be sane and competent in order to validate the fact-finding aspect of a trial
holding that the grand jury provision of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is not applicable to the States
holding that a white defendant had standing to challenge discrimination against Blacks in the selection of the grand jury
holding criminal defendant has standing to challenge jury selection on Fourteenth Amendment due process grounds notwithstanding fact that defendant is not member of protected class allegedly excluded
stating that the Fourteenth Amendment’s general guarantee of due process is the appropriate measure of grand jury indictments because the requirements of the Fifth Amendment have not been applied to the states
adverting to long history of constitutional protection from actually or potentially biased tribunal

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