Supreme Court of the United States, 1955

Costello v. United States

Costello v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 10, 1955 · Application, Clark, Consideration, Took
350 U.S. 819; 76 S. Ct. 48; 100 L. Ed. 732; 1955 U.S. LEXIS 399 (United States Reports)

Costello v. United States

Opinion of the Court

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted limited to question 1 presented by the petition for the writ which reads as follows:

“1. May a defendant be required to stand trial and a conviction be sustained where only hearsay evidence was presented to the grand jury which indicted him?”
Mr. Justice Clark and Mr. Justice Harlan took no part in the consideration or decision of this application.

Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.