Supreme Court· 11/21/1966

Spencer v. Texas

Citations

385 U.S. 554
87 S. Ct. 648
17 L. Ed. 2d 606
1967 U.S. LEXIS 2453

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holding that admission of evidence of prior felonies at the guilt phase of a trial does not violate due process
holding that state statutes requiring juries to make findings of prior convictions in single trials do not violate due process
holding that admission of evidence of prior felonies at the guilt phase of a trial does not violate due process
holding that the admission of improper propensity evidence violates due process if there is a reasonable probability that the evidence affected the verdict
holding that there is no federal constitutional right to a bifurcated criminal trial
holding that there is no federal constitutional right to a bifurcated criminal trial

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Judges: Stewart, Warren, Brennan, Harlan, Fortas, Douglas

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