Legal Opinion
Washington v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 12, 1967No. 649PublishedCited by 2,966 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren
We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether the right of a defendant in a criminal case under the *15Sixth Amendment1 to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor is applicable to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment,2 and whether that right was violated by a state procedural statute providing that persons charged as principals, accomplices, or accessories in the same crime cannot be introduced as witnesses for each other.
Petitioner, Jackie Washington, was convicted in Dallas County, Texas, of murder with malice and was sentenced by a jury to 50 years in…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Ferguson v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by2,966 opinions
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Albright v. OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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