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PATTON v. YOUNT

No. 83-95.

467 U.S. 1025 (1984)

PATTON ET AL. v. YOUNT

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 26, 1984

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Cortez Bell III argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief was Thomas F. Morgan.

George E. Schumacher, by appointment of the Court, 464 U.S. 980, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Thomas S. White and James V. Wade.

JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case brings before us a claim that pretrial publicity so infected a state criminal trial as to deny the defendant his Sixth Amendment right to an "impartial jury."

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On April 28, 1966, the body of Pamela Rimer, an 18-year-old high school student, was found in a wooded area near her home in Luthersburg, Clearfield County, Pa. There were numerous wounds...

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