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WATTS v. INDIANA

No. 610.

338 U.S. 49 (1949)

69 S.Ct. 1357

93 L.Ed. 1801

WATTS v. INDIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 27, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin H. Williams and Thurgood Marshall argued the cause for petitioner. With them on the brief were Robert L. Carter and Henry J. Richardson.

Frank E. Coughlin, Deputy Attorney General of Indiana, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were J. Emmett McManamon, Attorney General, Earl R. Cox and Merl M. Wall, Deputy Attorneys General.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER announced the judgment of the Court and an opinion in which MR. JUSTICE MURPHY and MR. JUSTICE RUTLEDGE join.

Although the Constitution puts protection against crime predominantly in the keeping of the States, the Fourteenth Amendment severely restricted the States in their administration of criminal justice. Thus, while the State courts have the responsibility for securing the rudimentary requirements...

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