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New York V. O'Neill
''New York v. O'Neill'', 359 U.S. 1 (1959), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a Florida statute, established by the enactment of the Uniform Law to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Within or Without a State in Criminal Proceedings which established a procedure for a witness to be subpoened with the agreement of a court in a trial state and a court in the state of the witness, on its face does not violate the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Art. IV, § 2 of the Constitution nor the Privileges and Immunities or Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment."New York v. O'Neill, 359 U.S. 1 (1959)," Justia.W. Slivka (September 1959) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uniform Law To Secure The Attendance Of Witnesses From Within Or Without A State In Criminal Proceeding
The Uniform Law to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Within or Without a State in Criminal Proceedings, also known as the Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Without a State in Criminal Proceedings,U.S. Senate (1962)" Conduct of the Trial; Securing the Attendance of Witnesses from Without a State in Criminal Proceedings,"87th United States Congress, p. 566. is a uniform law within the United States. It provides a process by which an attorney in a criminal matter in one U.S. state may seek to secure the attendance of a witness (or seek documents from a witness) from another state; the process requires the approval of courts in both the state in which the criminal matter is being heard, as well as a court in the state in which the witness is found. In the absence of the process being followed, the subpoena power of any state court in the United States generally ends at that state’s border. The uniform law was drafted in 1931, and revised in 1936. In 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice Hugo Black
Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party and a devoted New Dealer, Black endorsed Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the 1932 and 1936 presidential elections.Ball, Howard. ''Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior''. Oxford University Press. 1996. Before he became a senator, Black espoused anti-Catholic views and was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. An article from the ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' reported that he temporarily resigned from the Klan in 1925 to bolster his senatorial campaign, before quietly rejoining in 1926. In 1937, upon being appointed to the Supreme Court, Black said: "Before becoming a Senator I dropped the Klan. I have had nothing to do with it since that time. I abandoned it. I completely discontinued any association with the organization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
