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· 1/15/1951

Whelchel v. McDonald

Citations

  • 340 U.S. 122
  • 71 S. Ct. 146
  • 95 L. Ed. 2d 141
  • 1950 U.S. LEXIS 1350

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the requirement under the Uniform Code of Military Justice that military convictions be based on a two-thirds vote satisfies due process
  • stating there is no Sixth Amendment right to trial by jury in courts-martial
  • “The right to trial by jury guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment is not applicable to trials by courts-martial or military commissions.”
  • right to trial by jury guaranteed by Sixth Amendment not applicable to trials by courts-martial or military commissions
  • “Petitioner can gain no support from the analogy of trial by jury in the civil courts. The right to trial by jury guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment is not applicable to trials by courts-martial or military commissions.”
  • \Petitioner can gain no support from the analogy of trial by jury in the civil courts. The right to trial by jury guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment is not applicable to trials by courts-martial or military commissions.\

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Judges: Douglas

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