Culombe v. Connecticut
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the Court
367 U.S. 568 (1961)
CULOMBE
v.
CONNECTICUT.
No. 161.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued January 19, 1961.
Decided June 19, 1961.
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS OF CONNECTICUT.
Alexander A. Goldfarb argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.
John D. LaBelle argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.
John J. Hunt filed a brief for the Connecticut Association for Retarded Children, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.
2Judgment of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
Once again the Court is confronted with the painful duty of sitting in judgment on a State's conviction for murder, after a jury's verdict was found flawless by…
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3Cases cited221 opinions
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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