Barrett v. United States
| Barrett v. United States | |
|---|---|
| Argued January 21, 1898 Decided February 21, 1898 | |
| Full case name | Barrett v. United States |
| Citations | 169 U.S. 218 (more) 18 S. Ct. 327; 42 L. Ed. 723 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | United States v. Barrett et al., 65 F. 62 (C.C.D.S.C. 1894) |
| Subsequent | none |
| Holding | |
| South Carolina had not been divided into separate federal judicial districts. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Fuller, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const., Art. III, § 2, cl. 3. and Amend. VI. | |
Barrett v. United States, 169 U.S. 218 (1898), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that South Carolina had never effectively been subdivided into separate judicial districts. Therefore, it was held, a criminal defendant allegedly tried in one district for a crime committed in the other had in fact been permissibly been tried in a separate division of a single district.