Pinkerton v. Farr

How courts have described this case

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• prohibited proceedings under felonious assault statute that destroyed presumption of innocence, infringed upon right against self-incrimination, and failed to provide proof of guilt beyond reasonable doubt
• prohibited proceedings under felonious assault statute that destroyed presumption of innocence, infringed upon right against self-incrimination, and failed to provide proof of guilt beyond reasonable doubt
• “The right to a presumption of innocence is so firmly embedded in our law, ... that a violation of that right would result in such unfairness as to constitute a deprivation of one’s right to due process of law.”

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