He argued that the conviction violated his rights under the First Amendment.
It suggests that the convictions may violate the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The parents argued that their criminal conviction for causing their son's death violated their right to the free exercise of their religion.
The men's convictions violate the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection.
Nevertheless, his case is important because it helped established that a conviction based upon false evidence violates due process.
The petitioner claimed that his conviction in a state court had violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process clause.
Mr. Banana contended that the convictions violated privacy rights in the Constitution.
Dixon's attorney reportedly sought a new trial as the conviction violated Dixon's parole in an unrelated case.
Mr. Krenz argued that his conviction and six-and-a-half-year sentence violated his human rights because he broke no East German law.
The Court found that the convictions violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.