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Criminal law in the Taney Court

Index Criminal law in the Taney Court

The Taney Court (the Supreme Court of the United States under Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, 1836–1864) heard thirty criminal law cases, approximately one per year. [1]

63 relations: Ableman v. Booth, Article Four of the United States Constitution, Article Three of the United States Constitution, Atlantic slave trade, Best evidence rule, Certificate of division, Cohens v. Virginia, Crimes Act of 1790, Crimes Act of 1825, Criminal law in the Marshall Court, Criminal law of the United States, Double Jeopardy Clause, Ex parte Bollman, Ex parte Vallandigham, Extradition, Extradition Clause, Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Fugitive Slave Clause, Fugitive slave laws, Habeas corpus in the United States, Indian country, Indian Territory, Judiciary Act of 1789, Judiciary Act of 1802, Jury selection, Kidnapping, List of criminal cases in the Marshall Court, Mandamus, Marbury v. Madison, Marshall Court, Nonintercourse Act, Pardon, Peremptory challenge, Prerogative writ, Prigg v. Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico v. Branstad, Reconstruction era, Roger B. Taney, Rules of Decision Act, Self-help, Slave Trade Act of 1800, Supreme Court of the United States, Taney Court, Tide, U.S. state, United States admiralty law, United States Attorney, United States Bill of Rights, United States circuit court, United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, ..., United States constitutional criminal procedure, United States district court, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, United States federal judicial district, United States territorial court, United States v. Jackalow, United States v. More, United States v. Rogers, Venue (law), Vicinage Clause, Worcester v. Georgia, Writ of prohibition. Expand index (13 more) »

Ableman v. Booth

Ableman v. Booth,, was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that State courts cannot issue rulings on federal law that contradict the decisions of federal courts,Hoiberg, Dale H. (2010) overturning a decision by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

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Article Four of the United States Constitution

Article Four of the United States Constitution outlines the relationship between each state and the others, and the several States and the federal government.

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Article Three of the United States Constitution

Article Three of the United States Constitution establishes the judicial branch of the federal government.

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Atlantic slave trade

The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas.

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Best evidence rule

The best evidence rule is a legal principle that holds an original copy of a document as superior evidence.

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Certificate of division

A certificate of division was a source of appellate jurisdiction from the circuit courts to the Supreme Court of the United States from 1802 to 1911.

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Cohens v. Virginia

Cohens v. Virginia,, is a landmark case by the United States Supreme Court most notable for the Court's assertion of its power to review state supreme court decisions in criminal law matters when the defendant claims that their Constitutional rights have been violated.

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Crimes Act of 1790

The Crimes Act of 1790 (or the Federal Criminal Code of 1790), formally titled An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes Against the United States, defined some of the first federal crimes in the United States and expanded on the criminal procedure provisions of the Judiciary Act of 1789.

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Crimes Act of 1825

The Crimes Act of 1825 (also known as the Federal Criminal Code of 1825), formally titled An Act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes, was the first piece of omnibus federal criminal legislation since the Crimes Act of 1790.

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Criminal law in the Marshall Court

The Marshall Court (1801–1835) heard forty-one criminal law cases, slightly more than one per year.

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Criminal law of the United States

Responsibility for criminal law and criminal justice in the United States is shared between the states and the federal government.

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Double Jeopardy Clause

The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides: "or shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb..." The four essential protections included are prohibitions against, for the same offense.

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Ex parte Bollman

Ex parte Bollman,, was a case brought before the United States Supreme Court.

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Ex parte Vallandigham

Ex parte Vallandigham,, is a United States Supreme Court case, involving a former congressman Clement Vallandigham of Ohio, who had violated an Army order against the public expression of sympathy for the Confederate States and their cause.

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Extradition

Extradition is the act by one jurisdiction of delivering a person who has been accused of committing a crime in another jurisdiction or has been convicted of a crime in that other jurisdiction into the custody of a law enforcement agency of that other jurisdiction.

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Extradition Clause

The Extradition Clause or Interstate Rendition Clause of the United States Constitution is Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2, which provides for the extradition of a criminal back to the state where he or she has committed a crime.

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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers.

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Fugitive Slave Clause

The Fugitive Slave Clause of the United States Constitution, also known as either the Slave Clause or the Fugitives From Labor Clause, is Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3, which requires a "person held to service or labour" (usually a slave, apprentice, or indentured servant) who flees to another state to be returned to the owner in the state from which that person escaped.

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Fugitive slave laws

The fugitive slave laws were laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory.

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Habeas corpus in the United States

Habeas corpus is a recourse in law challenging the reasons or conditions of a person's confinement under color of law.

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Indian country

Indian country is any of the many self-governing Native American communities throughout the United States.

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Indian Territory

As general terms, Indian Territory, the Indian Territories, or Indian country describe an evolving land area set aside by the United States Government for the relocation of Native Americans who held aboriginal title to their land.

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Judiciary Act of 1789

The Judiciary Act of 1789 (ch. 20) was a United States federal statute adopted on September 24, 1789, in the first session of the First United States Congress.

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Judiciary Act of 1802

The United States Judiciary Act of 1802 (2 Stat.) was a Federal statute, enacted on April 29, 1802, to reorganize the federal court system.

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Jury selection

Jury selection is the selection of the people who will serve on a jury during a jury trial.

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Kidnapping

In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful carrying away (asportation) and confinement of a person against his or her will.

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List of criminal cases in the Marshall Court

The Marshall Court (1801–1835) heard forty-one criminal cases.

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Mandamus

Mandamus (Latin "we command") is a judicial remedy in the form of an order from a superior court, to any government, subordinate court, corporation, or public authority, to do (or forbear from doing) some specific act which that body is obliged under law to do (or refrain from doing), and which is in the nature of public duty, and in certain cases one of a statutory duty.

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Marbury v. Madison

Marbury v. Madison,, was a U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States, so that American courts have the power to strike down laws, statutes, and executive actions that contravene the U.S. Constitution.

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Marshall Court

The Marshall Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States from 1801 to 1835, when John Marshall served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States.

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Nonintercourse Act

The Nonintercourse Act (also known as the Indian Intercourse Act or the Indian Nonintercourse Act) is the collective name given to six statutes passed by the Congress in 1790, 1793, 1796, 1799, 1802, and 1834 to set Amerindian boundaries of reservations.

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Pardon

A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be absolved of guilt for an alleged crime or other legal offense, as if the act never occurred.

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Peremptory challenge

In English and American law, the right of peremptory challenge is a right in jury selection for the attorneys to reject a certain number of potential jurors without stating a reason.

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Prerogative writ

A prerogative writ is a writ (official order) directing the behavior of another arm of government, such as an agency, official, or other court.

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Prigg v. Pennsylvania

Prigg v. Pennsylvania,, was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the federal Fugitive Slave Act precluded a Pennsylvania state law, which prohibited blacks from being taken out of Pennsylvania into slavery.

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Puerto Rico v. Branstad

Puerto Rico v. Branstad,, was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that ruled unanimously that federal courts have the power to enforce extraditions based on the Extradition Clause of Article Four of the United States Constitution.

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Reconstruction era

The Reconstruction era was the period from 1863 (the Presidential Proclamation of December 8, 1863) to 1877.

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Roger B. Taney

Roger Brooke Taney (March 17, 1777 – October 12, 1864) was the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864.

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Rules of Decision Act

The Rules of Decision Act mandates that substantive state law be applied in state cases, unless the United States Constitution, Treaties of the United States, or Congress says otherwise.

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Self-help

Self-help or self-improvement is a self-guided improvementAPA Dictionary of Physicology, 1st ed., Gary R. VandenBos, ed., Washington: American Psychological Association, 2007.

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Slave Trade Act of 1800

The Slave Trade Act of 1800 was a law passed by the United States Congress to build upon the Slave Trade Act of 1794, limiting American involvement in the trade of human cargo.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.

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Taney Court

The Taney Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States from 1836 to 1864, when Roger Taney served as the fifth Chief Justice of the United States.

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Tide

Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of Earth.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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United States admiralty law

Admiralty law in the United States is a matter of federal law.

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United States Attorney

United States Attorneys (also known as chief federal prosecutors and, historically, as United States District Attorneys) represent the United States federal government in United States district courts and United States courts of appeals.

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United States Bill of Rights

The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.

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United States circuit court

The United States circuit courts were the original intermediate level courts of the United States federal court system.

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United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia

The United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia (in case citations, C.C.D.C.) is a former United States federal court, which existed from 1801 to 1863.

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United States constitutional criminal procedure

The United States Constitution contains several provisions regarding the law of criminal procedure.

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United States district court

The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system.

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas (in case citations, E.D. Ark.) is a federal court in the Eighth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

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United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas

The United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas (in case citations, W.D. Ark.) is a federal court in the Eighth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

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United States federal judicial district

For purposes of the federal judicial system, Congress has divided the United States into judicial districts.

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United States territorial court

The United States territorial courts are tribunals established in territories of the United States by the United States Congress, pursuant to its power under Article Four of the United States Constitution, the Territorial Clause.

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United States v. Jackalow

United States v. Jackalow,, is a U.S. Supreme Court case interpreting the Venue and Vicinage clauses of the United States Constitution.

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United States v. More

United States v. More,, was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that it had no jurisdiction to hear appeals from criminal cases in the circuit courts by writs of error.

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United States v. Rogers

United States v. Rogers,, was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States holding that a white man, adopted into an Indian tribe, does not become exempt from the enforcement of the laws prohibiting murder.

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Venue (law)

Venue (law) is the location where a case is heard.

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Vicinage Clause

The Vicinage Clause is a provision in the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution regulating the vicinity from which a jury pool may be selected.

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Worcester v. Georgia

Worcester v. Georgia,, was a case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional.

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Writ of prohibition

A writ of prohibition is a writ directing a subordinate to stop doing something the law prohibits.

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Redirects here:

Ex parte Dorr, Ex parte Taylor, Ex parte Wells, Forsyth v. United States, Fox v. Ohio, In re Kaine, In re Metzger, Kentucky v. Dennison, Moore v. Illinois, Simpson v. United States, Thurlow v. Massachusetts, United States v. Briggs, United States v. Coombs, United States v. Dawson, United States v. Hardyman, United States v. Marigold, United States v. Morris (1840), United States v. Murphy, United States v. Nickerson, United States v. Reid, United States v. Shackleford, United States v. Staats, United States v. Wood.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_law_in_the_Taney_Court

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