Legal Opinion
Cool v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 4, 1972No. 72-72PublishedCited by 259 opinions
1Per curiam
The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted.
In this case, the court below held in effect that in a criminal trial, the jury may be instructed to ignore defense testimony unless it believes beyond a reasonable doubt that the testimony is true. That holding is fundamentally inconsistent with our prior decisions in In re Winship, 397 U. S. 358 (1970), and Washington v. Texas, 388 U. S. 14 (1967), and must therefore be reversed.
After a jury trial, petitioner was found guilty of possessing and concealing, with intent to defraud, counterfeit obligations of the United States. The evidence…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Crawford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Holmgren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Raymond E. McMillen Jr. v. United States of America, Douglas Gruchy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by259 opinions
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- Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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