Palko v. Connecticut

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:caseOutcome Palko_sentenced_to_death
Influenced_future_interpretations_of_the_Bill_of_Rights.
gptkbp:caseTypes Criminal law
No. 2
gptkbp:citedBy 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
gptkbp:court gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
8-1
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
December 6, 1937
gptkbp:filedIn November 15, 1937
gptkbp:firstClaim Expansion of civil liberties
gptkbp:game_features Murder
gptkbp:gameFeatures gptkb:State_of_Connecticut
gptkb:Frank_Palko
gptkbp:historicalContext Great Depression era
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Part of the evolution of civil rights.
gptkbp:homeGround Palko_was_tried_twice_for_the_same_crime.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Palko v. Connecticut
gptkbp:impact Subsequent_cases_regarding_the_Bill_of_Rights
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Fifth_Amendment
14th Amendment
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Murphy
gptkb:Justice_Jackson
Constitutional review
Judicial restraint
Reaffirmed state rights.
Affirmed_by_the_Supreme_Court.
gptkbp:lawEnforcement Connecticut_state_law
gptkbp:legalStatus Prosecutor
Defense attorney
Double jeopardy
Reversal of lower court's decision
Fundamental fairness
Established precedent for future cases.
gptkbp:notableFeature Examined the relationship between state and federal law.
Key case in constitutional law.
Discussed the implications of double jeopardy.
Evaluated the fairness of the trial process.
Justice_Jackson's_dissent
Analyzed_the_scope_of_the_Fifth_Amendment.
Justice_Murphy's_dissent
Considered_the_role_of_the_Supreme_Court_in_state_matters.
gptkbp:outcome Conviction upheld
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Justice_Benjamin_Cardozo
gptkbp:precedent gptkb:Rochin_v._California
gptkb:Miranda_v._Arizona
gptkb:Mapp_v._Ohio
Incorporation of the Fifth Amendment
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:Barron_v._Baltimore
gptkb:Gitlow_v._New_York
Due process
Rights of the accused
Equal protection
gptkbp:significance Influential in the development of the doctrine of selective incorporation
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1937