Hendricks v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON. The facts, which involve thb sufficiency of an indictjment for perjury and the rights of the accused under the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, are stated in the opinion.
Read the full summary
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON. The facts, which involve thb sufficiency of an indictjment for perjury and the rights of the accused under the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, are stated in the opinion. The provisions of the Sixth Amendment give to defendants' in criminal cases important constitutional rights of which the courts will not permit thém to be deprived. . A substantial and serious failure to comply with its terms raises a constitutional question which the defendant may invoke as such, and which cannot be…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
The plaintiff in error, upon a conviction and sentence for subornation of perjury, in violation of § 5393, Revised Statutes, prosecutes this writ of error upon the theory that a question of constitutional right was involved, arising upon a claim made in the court below that the indictment was repugnant to the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution. On the assumption that there was jurisdiction to. entertain the writ, counsel also in argument assailed as erroneous certain rulings of the trial court “admitting evidence and instructions given and refused in the cdurse of the trial.”. The indictment…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Coffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Williamson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Rosen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Kirby v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by69 opinions
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Russell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. DionisioSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Blair v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Sherrie Bursey and Brenda Joyce Presley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
64 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.