Hurtado v. California

Hurtado v. California
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 22–23, 1884
Decided March 3, 1884
Full case nameJoseph Hurtado v. People of California
Citations110 U.S. 516 (more)
4 S. Ct. 111; 28 L. Ed. 232; 1884 U.S. LEXIS 1716
Case history
PriorIn error to the Supreme Court of California
Holding
The words "due process of law" in the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution do not necessarily require an indictment by a grand jury in a prosecution by a state for murder.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Morrison Waite
Associate Justices
Samuel F. Miller · Stephen J. Field
Joseph P. Bradley · John M. Harlan
William B. Woods · Stanley Matthews
Horace Gray · Samuel Blatchford
Case opinions
MajorityMatthews, joined by Waite, Miller, Bradley, Woods, Gray, Blatchford
DissentHarlan
Field took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution; Article I, Section 8, to the California State Constitution

Hurtado v. California, 110 U.S. 516 (1884),[1] was a landmark case[2][3] decided by the United States Supreme Court that allowed state governments, as distinguished from the federal government, to avoid using grand juries in criminal prosecutions.

  1. ^ Hurtado v. California, 110 U.S. 516 (1884).
  2. ^ Hartman, Gary; Mersky, Roy M.; Tate, Cindy L. (2004). Landmark Supreme Court Cases: The Most Influential Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. New York: Facts on File. p. 180. ISBN 9781438110363. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  3. ^ Martinez, J. Michael (2014). The Greatest Criminal Cases: Changing the Course of American Law. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 1. ISBN 9781440828690. Retrieved March 31, 2019.