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CHAPMAN v. CALIFORNIA

No. 95.

386 U.S. 18 (1967)

87 S.Ct. 824

17 L.Ed.2d 705

CHAPMAN ET AL. v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Lavine argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioners.

Arlo E. Smith, Chief Assistant Attorney General of California, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, and Raymond M. Momboisse, Deputy Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioners, Ruth Elizabeth Chapman and Thomas LeRoy Teale, were convicted in a California state court upon a charge that they robbed, kidnaped, and murdered a bartender. She was sentenced to life imprisonment and he to death. At the time of the trial, Art. I, § 13, of the State's Constitution provided that "in any criminal case, whether the defendant testifies or...

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