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NEW YORK v. O'NEILL

No. 53.

359 U.S. 1 (1959)

79 S.Ct. 564

3 L.Ed.2d 585

NEW YORK v. O'NEILL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reeves Bowen, Assistant Attorney General of Florida, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General of Florida, and Frank S. Hogan.

L. J. Cushman argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

James C. Dezendorf and Louis A. Kohn filed a brief for the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, as amicus curiae, in support of petitioner.

John Anderson, Jr., Attorney General of Kansas, filed a brief, as amicus curiae, in support of petitioner.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is before us to determine the constitutionality of a Florida statute entitled "Uniform Law to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Within or Without a State in Criminal Proceedings." Fla. Stat., 1957, § 942.01-942.06. Respondent, a citizen of Illinois, had traveled to Florida to attend a convention. In accordance with the Florida statute, the Circuit...

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