Haynes v. United States

Haynes v. United States
Argued October 11, 1967
Decided January 29, 1968
Full case nameMiles Edward Haynes v. United States
Citations390 U.S. 85 (more)
88 S. Ct. 722; 19 L. Ed. 2d 923
Holding
Haynes' conviction under § 5851 for possession of an unregistered firearm is not properly distinguishable from a conviction under § 5841 for failure to register possession of a firearm, and both offenses must be deemed subject to any constitutional deficiencies arising under the Fifth Amendment from the obligation to register.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · William O. Douglas
John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Abe Fortas · Thurgood Marshall
Case opinions
MajorityHarlan, joined by Black, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, White, Fortas
DissentWarren
Marshall took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. V

Haynes v. United States, 390 U.S. 85 (1968), was a United States Supreme Court decision interpreting the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution's self-incrimination clause.[1] Haynes extended the Fifth Amendment protections elucidated in Marchetti v. United States.[2][3]

  1. ^ Haynes v. United States, 390 U.S. 85 (1968).
  2. ^ Marchetti v. United States, 390 U.S. 39, 57 (1968).
  3. ^ William F. Funk, Richard H. Seamon, Examples & explanations series: Administrative Law, Edition 3, Aspen Publishers, 2009, page 361-62.

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