Legal Opinion
United States v. Moreland
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 17, 1922No. 629PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
The question in the case is what procedure, in the prosecution and conviction for crime, the Fifth Amendment- of the Constitution of the United States makes dependent upon the character of punishment assigned-to the crime.
The Amendment provides that “ no person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in. actual service in time óf war or public danger; . .' .”
The respondent Moreland was proceeded against in the Juvenile Court of the…
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