Sheppard v. Maxwell, No. 490 (U.S. Supreme Court) (384 U.S. 333; 86 S.Ct. 1507) (June 6, 2066) (Justice Clark)
The issue addressed by the Court in this case was whether Sam Sheppard was deprived of a fair trial in his state conviction for the murder of his wife because of the trial judge's failure to protect him sufficiently from the "massive, pervasive and prejudicial publicity that attended his prosecution." ...
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