In Hurtado v. California the defendant complained that his Fifth Amendment rights were violated because he was not properly indicted by a grand jury. The Supreme Court ruled against him because:

a. his crime wasn't a capital or otherwise infamous crime.
b. California, unlike the federal government, could use an information rather than a grand jury indictment tocharge Hurtado

c. he confessed, so due process was irrelevant.
d. the California grand jury had properly indicted him.


b

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