Benton v. Maryland

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:argued_on 1969-04-21
gptkbp:case_number gptkb:No._5
gptkbp:case_outcome Conviction overturned
Significant for civil liberties
gptkbp:case_significance Influenced future double jeopardy cases
gptkbp:case_types Criminal law
gptkbp:consequences Expanded rights of defendants
gptkbp:court gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:decided_by gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
1969-06-24
gptkbp:dissenting_opinion gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Justice_Byron_White
gptkb:Justice_William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Justice_Harry_Blackmun
gptkbp:election 5-4
gptkbp:historical_context Civil Rights Movement era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Benton v. Maryland
gptkbp:impact Influenced future double jeopardy cases
Strengthened double jeopardy protections
gptkbp:is_cited_in 395 U. S. 784
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:legal_issue gptkb:Double_jeopardy
gptkbp:legal_principle Double jeopardy clause
gptkbp:legal_representation gptkb:Robert_A._Mc_Clain
gptkb:A._Lee_Bentley
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Fifth_Amendment
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment
gptkbp:outcome Reversal of conviction
gptkbp:precedent Applied to state courts
Incorporation of double jeopardy protection
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Benton
gptkbp:public_perception gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkbp:related_cases gptkb:State_v._Bennett
gptkb:State_v._Clark
gptkb:Blockburger_v._United_States
gptkb:State_v._Brooks
gptkb:State_v._Foster
gptkb:State_v._Hughes
gptkb:State_v._Edwards
gptkb:State_v._Taylor
gptkb:State_v._Reed
gptkb:State_v._Simmons
gptkb:Smith_v._Massachusetts
gptkb:State_v._Green
gptkb:State_v._King
gptkb:State_v._Mc_Coy
gptkb:State_v._Price
gptkb:State_v._Wallace
gptkb:State_v._Young
gptkb:State_v._Mc_Donald
gptkb:State_v._Mc_Gowan
gptkb:State_v._Sanders
gptkb:State_v._Lewis
gptkb:United_States_v._Dixon
gptkb:Palko_v._Connecticut
gptkb:State_v._Hayes
gptkb:State_v._Wright
gptkb:State_v._Murphy
gptkb:State_v._Carter
gptkb:State_v._Scott
gptkb:State_v._Smith
gptkb:State_v._Morgan
gptkb:State_v._Collins
gptkb:State_v._Bell
gptkb:State_v._Davis
gptkb:State_v._Turner
gptkb:State_v._Jones
gptkb:State_v._Nelson
gptkb:State_v._Robinson
gptkb:Double_Jeopardy_Act_of_1967
gptkb:Griffin_v._California
gptkb:State_v._Harris
gptkb:State_v._Perry
gptkb:State_v._Johnson
gptkb:State_v._Williams
gptkb:State_v._Brown
gptkb:State_v._Wilson
gptkb:State_v._Adams
gptkbp:responds_to gptkb:State_of_Maryland
gptkbp:significance Incorporation of the Fifth Amendment
Affirmed the application of the double jeopardy clause to the states.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Constance_Baker_Motley
gptkb:Palko_v._Connecticut
gptkb:Mc_Laughlin_v._Florida
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5