Clawson v. United States | |
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Argued January 5, 1885 Decided January 19, 1885 | |
Full case name | Clawson v. United States |
Citations | 113 U.S. 143 (more) 5 S. Ct. 393; 28 L. Ed. 957 |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Harlan, joined by unanimous |
Mormonism and polygamy |
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Clawson v. United States, 113 U.S. 143 (1885), was a case regarding a Utah territorial statute which authorized an appeal by a defendant in a criminal action from a final judgment of conviction, which provides that an appeal shall stay execution upon filing with the clerk a certificate of a judge that in his opinion there is probable cause for the appeal, and further provides that after conviction, a defendant who has appealed may be admitted to bail as of right when the judgment is for the payment of a fine only, and as matter of discretion in other cases, does not confer upon a defendant convicted and sentenced to pay a fine and be imprisoned the right, after appeal and filing of certificate of probable cause, to be admitted to bail except within the discretion of the court.[1]