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TWITCHELL v. THE COMMONWEALTH (1869)

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TWITCHELL v. THE COMMONWEALTH
Term: 1868
Important Dates
Argued: April 2, 1869
Decided: April 5, 1869
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Salmon Portland Chase • Nathan Clifford • David Davis • Stephen Johnson Field • Robert Cooper Grier • Samuel Freeman Miller • Samuel Nelson • Noah Haynes Swayne

TWITCHELL v. THE COMMONWEALTH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 5, 1869. The case was argued before the court on April 2, 1869.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Pennsylvania State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1860s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Chase Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
  • Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Pennsylvania
  • Citation: 74 U.S. 321
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Salmon Portland Chase
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Salmon Portland Chase

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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