Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, dissenter in the Frank case

LINK TO THE DISSENT OF JUSTICE HOLMES

Leo M. Frank vs. State of Georgia, 141 Georgia 243 (1914)
[4 to 2 decision of the Georgia Supreme Court upholding Judge Roan's denial of Frank's motion for a new trial.]

Leo M. Frank vs. State of Georgia, 142 Georgia 741 (1914)
[Decision of Georgia Supreme Court holding that Frank's exclusion from the courtroom for the
announcment of the jury's verdict did not violate due process.]

Frank v Mangum, 237 U. S. 309 (1915)
[Decision of United States Supreme Court concluding, by a vote of 7 to 2, that
Frank's constitutional right to due process had not been violated. Justices Holmes and Hughes dissent.]

 


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