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Details Title: Court Cases Description: CJ 101 - Inciardi - Chapter 5 Total Flash Cards: 10 Created: 09/20/2005 23:24:07	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Skinner vs Oklahoma Definition Aurthur Skinner was originally to be sterilized, but the courts overturned the sentencing ruling that the sentence denied both substantive due process and equal protection.5th amendment Term Hurtado vs California Definition Courts declared that the states were under no obligation to follow the Fifth Amendment’s requirement that individuals prosecuted for a capital crime must first be indicted by a grand jury. - The "information" option was late rmade available to prosecutors. 5th amendment Term Gitlow v New York Definition Gitlow publishes "Left Wing Manifesto", convicted of violating New York sedition law, lost appeal to SC, showed that free speech can be contested, 1st amendment Term Powell v Alabama Definition 7 black boys convicted of raping 2 white women were freed due to the restraint of immidiate counsel, 6th amendment Term Palko v Connecticut Definition tried twice for murder, violated 5th amendment "double jeopardy" clause Term 4th amendment Definition search and seizure Term 5th amendment Definition due process, double jeopardy, witness against self Term 6th amendment Definition speedy trial, assistance of counsel Term 8th amendment Definition crueal and unusual punihment Term 14th amendment 0 Definition holds states to due process laws of the 5th amendment