Supreme Court· 6/12/1967

Washington v. Texas

Citations

388 U.S. 14
87 S. Ct. 1920
18 L. Ed. 2d 1019
1967 U.S. LEXIS 1083

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holding that due process guarantees a criminal defendant the right to present the testimony of defense witnesses
holding that a state statute that prohibited the defendant from calling a witness who had been charged and previously convicted of committing the same murder is unconstitutional
holding that a state statute that prohibited the defendant from calling a witness who had been charged and previously convicted of committing the same murder is unconstitutional
holding that the Sixth Amendment right to present one’s own witnesses as part of one’s defense is a “fundamental element of due process”
holding that the federal compulsory process clause is incorporated in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
concluding that old common-law rule, which forbade criminal defendants from testifying due to their personal interest in trial's outcome, is irrational under our constitutional scheme

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Judges: Warren, Harlan

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