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WOLF v. COLORADO

Nos. 17 and 18.

338 U.S. 25 (1949)

69 S.Ct. 1359

93 L.Ed. 1782

WOLF v. COLORADO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 27, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Hornbein, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Philip Hornbein, Jr. and Donald M. Shere.

James S. Henderson, Assistant Attorney General of Colorado, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was H. Lawrence Hinkley, Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The precise question for consideration is this: Does a conviction by a State court for a State offense deny the "due process of law" required by the Fourteenth Amendment, solely because evidence that was admitted at the trial was obtained under circumstances which would have rendered it inadmissible in a prosecution for violation of a federal law in a court of the...

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