Chambers v. Florida, 309 U.S. 227 (1940).
Chambers v. Florida, 309 U.S. 227 was an important United States Supreme Court case dealing with the unjust convictions of three black men in the South. Contents: 1 The Case. 2 The Decision. 3 See also. 4 External links. The Case. Argued in front of the court by Thurgood Marshall, actually representing three black men convicted for the murder of a white man in Florida. The defendant Chambers.
Issue: Whether a failure to report to prison is the equivalent of escape for purposes of enhanced sentencing under the Armed Career Criminal Act. Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Stephen Breyer on January 13, 2009. SCOTUSblog Coverage. Opinion Analyses: Harbison and Mirzayance (Kristina Moore) Opinion Recap: Chambers v. United States (Eliza Presson).
Marshall's first victory before the Supreme Court came in Chambers v. Florida (1940), in which he successfully defended four black men who had been convicted of murder on the basis of confessions.
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CHAMBERS v. FLORIDA (1940) Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court. The grave question presented by the petition for certiorari, granted in forma pauperis, is whether proceedings in which confessions were utilized, and which culminated in sentences of death upon four young negro men in the State of Florida, failed to afford the safeguard of that due process of law guaranteed by.
Deondery Chambers pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in an Illinois federal court. After finding that Chambers had committed three previous crimes of violence, the judge sentenced him to 188 months in prison. The judge based his sentencing decision on the Armed Career Criminals Act (ACCA) which defines a crime of violence as any crime posing a serious risk of potential.
Jump to essay-25 Michigan v. Thomas, 458 U.S. 259 (1982). The same rule applies if it is the vehicle itself that is forfeitable contraband; police, acting without a warrant, may seize the vehicle from a public place. Florida v. White, 526 U.S. 559 (1999). Jump to essay-26 Michigan v. Thomas, 458 U.S. at 261. See also Chambers v.