1. In re Oliver, No. 215, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, December 16, 1947, Argued , March 8, 1948, Decided
OVERVIEW: A circuit judge, acting as a one-person secret grand jury, violated a witness' Fourteenth Amendment due process rights when he found the witness guilty of lying and sentenced him to jail for contempt, all in secret and without benefit of counsel.
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