Dyke v. Taylor Implement Manufacturing Co.

Petitioners, Wayne Dyke, Ed McKinney, and John Blackwell, were found guilty of criminal contempt by the Chancery Court of McMinn County, Tennessee. All three were given the maximum sentence authorized by statute, 10 days in jail and a $50 fine.1 The Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed,2 rejecting contentions that the convictions violated the Federal Constitution because a jury trial was denied3 and because testimony concerning *218a gun, allegedly discovered during an unconstitutional search, was admitted at trial. Petitioners raised both challenges in their petition for a writ of certiorari, and we…