Stewart v. United States (1961)
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stewart-v-united-states-1961-178-17257973
title:
Stewart v. United States (1961)
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Stewart v. United States, 366 U.S. 1 (1961), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that asking a criminal defendant whether he had testified in previous trials violated his Fifth Amendment rights. Willie Lee Stewart had already been tried twice for murder and had not testified in either trial. During his third trial his defense was insanity and he chose to testify in his own defense. During his cross-examination, the prosecutor asked, "This is the first time you have gon
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1961 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_v._United_States_(1961)
date created:
2010-12-02T18:13:28Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T20:40:51Z
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