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Costello v. United States

Costello v. United States, 350 U.S. 819 (1955)
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Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided
October 10, 1955
Docket
No. 72
Judges
Application, Clark, Consideration, Took
Citations
350 U.S. 81976 S. Ct. 48100 L. Ed. 7321955 U.S. LEXIS 399

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Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted limited to question 1 presented by the petition for the writ which reads as follows:

“1. May a defendant be required to stand trial and a conviction be sustained where only hearsay evidence was presented to the grand jury which indicted him?”

Mr. Justice Clark and Mr. Justice Harlan took no part in the consideration or decision of this application.

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