gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:citation
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290 U.S. 371
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gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_Owen_J._Roberts
gptkb:Justice_Willis_Van_Devanter
gptkb:Justice_George_Sutherland
gptkb:Justice_James_Clark_McReynolds
gptkb:Justice_Harlan_F._Stone
gptkb:Justice_Louis_Brandeis
gptkb:Justice_Charles_Evans_Hughes
gptkb:Justice_Benjamin_N._Cardozo
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:date
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1933
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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No. 636
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gptkbp:heldBy
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Federal courts are not bound by common law rules of evidence regarding the competency of witnesses.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Funk v. United States
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gptkbp:legalSubject
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gptkb:law
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_Pierce_Butler
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gptkbp:overruledBy
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common law rule barring parties from testifying in their own criminal cases
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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competency of witnesses
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Justice_Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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