Sheppard v. Maxwell

Sheppard v. Maxwell
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 28, 1966 Decided June 6, 1966
Full case name	Sheppard v. Maxwell
Citations	384 U.S. 333 (more) 86 S.Ct. 1507; 16 L. Ed. 2d 600; 1966 U.S. LEXIS 1413; 1 Med. L. Rptr. 1220
Case history
Prior	Appeal from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Holding
Sheppard did not receive a fair trial due to media interference.
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Abe Fortas
Case opinions
Majority	Clark, joined by Warren, Douglas, Harlan, Brennan, Stewart, White, Fortas
Dissent	Black
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I, U.S. Const. amend. VI

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Sheppard v. Maxwell

Sheppard v. Maxwell, 384 U.S. 333 (1966), was a United States Supreme Court case that examined a defendant's right to a fair trial as required by the Sixth Amendment and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

In particular, the court sought to determine whether or not Sam Sheppard, the defendant, was denied fair trial for the second-degree murder of his wife, of which he was convicted, because of the trial judge's failure to protect him sufficiently from the massive, pervasive, and prejudicial publicity that attended his prosecution.