RAFFEL V. UNITED STATES, 271 U. S. 494 (1926)
Subscribe to Cases that cite 271 U. S. 494
Case Resources
Search this Case
in Google Scholar
on the Web
Google Web Search
MSN Web Search
Yahoo! Web Search
in the News
Google News Search
Google News Archive Search
Yahoo! News Search
in the Blogs
BlawgSearch.com Search
Google Blog Search
Technorati Blog Search
in other Databases
Google Book Search
Online Research Resources
Cornell LII
Cornell Wex Dictionary & Encyclopedia
LLRX.com - Legal Research
Expert Witness Directory
Nolo Consumer & Business
US Court Forms
USA Constitution Annotated
WashLaw Directory
World LII
Online Case Law
Cornell LII
FastCase $
Lexis $
LexisOne
Loislaw $
USSCPlus.com $
VersusLaw $
Link to the Case Preview: http://supreme.justia.com/us/271/494/
Link to the Full Text of Case: http://supreme.justia.com/us/271/494/case.html
U.S. Supreme Court
Raffel v. United States, 271 U.S. 494 (1926)
Raffel v. United States
No. 307
Submitted May 4, 1926
Decided June 1, 1926
271 U.S. 494
Syllabus
1. A defendant in a criminal case who voluntarily testifies in his own behalf waives completely his privilege under the Fifth Amendment and the Act of March 16, 1878. P. 271 U. S. 495.
2. It is not error to require a defendant offering himself as a witness upon a second trial and denying the truth of evidence offered by the prosecution to disclose upon cross-examination that he had not testified as a witness in his own behalf upon the first trial, and to explain why he did not deny the same evidence when then offered. P. 271 U. S. 497.
In answer to a question propounded by the circuit court of appeals upon a review of a conviction under the Prohibition Act.