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Legal Citation: 332 U.S. 46 (1947)

Appellant
Dewey Adamson

Appellee
The State of California

Appellant's Claim
That the state prosecutor who drew the jury's attention to Adamson's refusal to testify at his own murder trial violated the Fifth Amendment's ban on self-incrimination.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Morris Lavine

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Walter L. Bowers

Justices for the Court
Harold Burton, William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, Robert H. Jackson, Stanley Forman Reed (writing for the Court), Wiley Blount Rutledge, Fred Moore Vinson

Justices Dissenting
Hugo Lafayette Black, Frank Murphy

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
23 June 1947

Decision
Finding that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment did not make all aspects of the Bill...