Saturday, August 7, 2010

Supreme court cases in volving the 5th amemdment?

For a history class i am talking i was given the assignment to find a supreme court case that involved the 5th amendment. For the life of me i can't find a case that fits the bill on the internet. Can some one give me a hand?Supreme court cases in volving the 5th amemdment?
United States v. Moreland, 258 U.S. 433 (1922), was a case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9 and 10, 1922, and decided a month later on April 17. The case involved a Fifth Amendment rights issue centering on whether or not hard labor was an infamous punishment (thus triggering the necessity of a grand jury indictment) or whether imprisonment in a penitentiary was a necessity for punishment to be considered infamous.





The majority opinion also included the court鈥檚 contention for continued support of the findings of a previously held case, Wong Wing v. United States, 163 U.S. 228 (1896). Lawyers for the United States argued that Wong Wing was improperly applied in the Moreland case, and had been modified or overruled by subsequent cases. The court strongly rejected the government鈥檚 contentions regarding Wong Wing in its opinion, and ruled in favor of Moreland.Supreme court cases in volving the 5th amemdment?
The most recent well known %26amp; controversial case is ';Kelo'; which interpreted the last sentence of the Amendment; the ';takings clause.'; The court held the State of Connecticut could use its eminent domain power to transfer property from one private party to another if the purpose of the taking is future use by the public. Kelo v. City of New London, Conn., 545 U.S. 469, 162 L.Ed.2d 439, (2005) rehearing denied, 545 U.S. 1158, 162 L.Ed.2d 922.





You can pull the case from te S. Ct. web site or findlaw.com
Check http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/const鈥?/a>





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Amend鈥?/a>








However, your probably looking for Miranda v Arizona. Search that for more informatin.

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