Benton v. Maryland

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U.S. Supreme Court case constitutional law case criminal procedure case

Benton v. Maryland is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court decision that applied the Fifth Amendment’s protection against double jeopardy to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Label	Occurrences
Benton v. Maryland canonical	4
Benton v. Maryland, 395 U.S. 784 (1969)	1
Benton was tried in Maryland state court on charges including burglary and larceny and was acquitted of larceny but convicted of burglary.	1

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Target entity: Benton v. Maryland
Context triple: [Palko v. Connecticut, overruledBy, Benton v. Maryland]

A. Barron v. Baltimore
Barron v. Baltimore is an 1833 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the Bill of Rights restricts only the federal government, not the states.
B. Boynton v. Virginia
Boynton v. Virginia was a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended federal prohibitions against racial discrimination in interstate bus terminals, helping lay the legal groundwork for the Freedom Rides.
C. Maryland v. Wirtz
Maryland v. Wirtz was a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the extension of federal minimum wage and overtime provisions to employees of state-operated schools and hospitals under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
D. Gebhart v. Belton
Gebhart v. Belton was a landmark Delaware school segregation case whose rulings in favor of Black students became one of the four consolidated cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education, contributing to the Supreme Court’s rejection of “separate but equal” in public education.
E. Morgan v. Virginia
Morgan v. Virginia was a 1946 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down state laws mandating racial segregation on interstate buses, laying important groundwork for later civil rights actions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Benton v. Maryland
Target entity description: Benton v. Maryland is a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court decision that applied the Fifth Amendment’s protection against double jeopardy to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.

A. Barron v. Baltimore
Barron v. Baltimore is an 1833 U.S. Supreme Court case that held the Bill of Rights restricts only the federal government, not the states.
B. Boynton v. Virginia
Boynton v. Virginia was a 1960 U.S. Supreme Court decision that extended federal prohibitions against racial discrimination in interstate bus terminals, helping lay the legal groundwork for the Freedom Rides.
C. Maryland v. Wirtz
Maryland v. Wirtz was a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the extension of federal minimum wage and overtime provisions to employees of state-operated schools and hospitals under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
D. Gebhart v. Belton
Gebhart v. Belton was a landmark Delaware school segregation case whose rulings in favor of Black students became one of the four consolidated cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education, contributing to the Supreme Court’s rejection of “separate but equal” in public education.
E. Morgan v. Virginia
Morgan v. Virginia was a 1946 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down state laws mandating racial segregation on interstate buses, laying important groundwork for later civil rights actions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ constitutional law case ⓘ criminal procedure case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	criminal procedure ⓘ incorporation doctrine ⓘ
arguedDate	1968-12-12 ⓘ
citation	395 U.S. 784 ⓘ
concurrenceBy	Justice John M. Harlan II ⓘ linked to: John M. Harlan II
constitutionalProvisionInvolved	Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Fourteenth Amendment
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1969-03-24 ⓘ
dissentBy	Justice Hugo L. Black ⓘ linked to: Hugo L. Black
docketNumber	No. 105 ⓘ
factSummary	After Benton successfully challenged the jury oath and obtained a new trial, the state retried him on both burglary and larceny, and he was convicted on both counts. ⓘ Benton was tried in Maryland state court on charges including burglary and larceny and was acquitted of larceny but convicted of burglary. ⓘ linked to: Benton v. Maryland
fullName	Benton v. Maryland, 395 U.S. 784 (1969) ⓘ linked to: Benton v. Maryland
holding	The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. ⓘ linked to: Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution The earlier decision in Palko v. Connecticut, limiting incorporation of the Double Jeopardy Clause, is overruled. ⓘ
impact	Confirmed that protection against double jeopardy is a fundamental right enforceable against the states. ⓘ Expanded the scope of the incorporation doctrine for criminal procedural safeguards. ⓘ
incorporationType	selective incorporation of the Double Jeopardy Clause ⓘ
issue	Whether a defendant can be retried on a charge for which he was previously acquitted after a successful appeal on another count. ⓘ Whether the Double Jeopardy Clause is applicable to the states via the Fourteenth Amendment. ⓘ
joinedByInMajority	Chief Justice Earl Warren ⓘ linked to: Earl Warren Justice Abe Fortas ⓘ linked to: Abe Fortas Justice Byron R. White ⓘ linked to: Byron R. White Justice Potter Stewart ⓘ linked to: Potter Stewart Justice William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ linked to: William J. Brennan Jr. Justice William O. Douglas ⓘ linked to: William O. Douglas
judgment	Reversed ⓘ
legalDoctrine	double jeopardy ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Justice Thurgood Marshall ⓘ linked to: Thurgood Marshall
originatingCourt	Circuit Court for Calvert County, Maryland ⓘ linked to: Circuit Court for Calvert County
overruled	Palko v. Connecticut ⓘ
overruledCitation	Palko v. Connecticut, 302 U.S. 319 (1937) ⓘ linked to: Palko v. Connecticut
petitioner	John Dalmer Benton ⓘ
proceduralPosture	Appeal from the Court of Appeals of Maryland ⓘ
relatedCase	Duncan v. Louisiana ⓘ Malloy v. Hogan ⓘ Washington v. Texas ⓘ
relatedConcept	fundamental rights under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
respondent	State of Maryland ⓘ linked to: Maryland
ruleOfLaw	A state may not subject a defendant to a second trial for an offense of which he has been acquitted. ⓘ
stateInvolved	Maryland ⓘ
subjectMatter	criminal prosecution for burglary and larceny ⓘ
timePeriod	Warren Court era ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palko v. Connecticut → overruledBy → Benton v. Maryland ⓘ

Palko v. Connecticut → overruledInPart → Benton v. Maryland ⓘ

Palko v. Connecticut → relatedCase → Benton v. Maryland ⓘ

Duncan v. Louisiana → relatedCase → Benton v. Maryland ⓘ

Benton v. Maryland → fullName → Benton v. Maryland, 395 U.S. 784 (1969) ⓘ

linked to: Benton v. Maryland

Benton v. Maryland → factSummary → Benton was tried in Maryland state court on charges including burglary and larceny and was acquitted of larceny but convicted of burglary. ⓘ