Rhea v. State

This is a petition filed by Sewell Rhea, a sixteen-year-old boy, for a writ of cer-tiorari to quash a circuit court order by which Sewell was found to be' in contempt of court and was sentenced to serve 100 days in the county jail. The question is whether the petitioner, as a witness in the court below, was entitled to refuse to testify on the ground of self-incrimination. Ark. Const., Art. 2, § 8. Petitioner also relies on the similar clause in the Fifth Amendment to the federal constitution, but that clause does not apply to proceedings in the state courts. Adamson v. California, 332 U. S.…