Benton v. Maryland

Benton v. Maryland
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 12, 1968 Reargued March 24, 1969 Decided June 23, 1969
Full case name	Benton v. Maryland
Citations	395 U.S. 784 (more) 89 S. Ct. 2056; 23 L. Ed. 2d 707
Case history
Prior	1 Md. App. 647, 232 A.2d 541, vacated and remanded
Holding
The protections against double jeopardy in the Fifth Amendment are incorporated against the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart · Byron White Thurgood Marshall
Case opinions
Majority	Marshall, joined by Warren, Black, Douglas, Brennan
Concurrence	White
Dissent	Harlan, joined by Stewart
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. V and XIV
This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings
Palko v. Connecticut (1937)

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Benton v. Maryland (395 U.S. 784)

Benton v. Maryland, 395 U.S. 784 (1969), is a Supreme Court of the United States decision concerning double jeopardy. Benton ruled that the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment applies to the states.^[1] In doing so, Benton expressly overruled Palko v. Connecticut.^[2]