Sheppard v. Maxwell, Warden. 3S4 U.S. 333, S6 S.Ct. 1507, 16 L.Ed.2d 600 (1966)

Sheppard v. Maxwell, Warden 3S4 U.S. 333, S6 S.Ct. 1507, 16 L.Ed.2d 600 (1966) Facts: July 4, 1954, Marilyn Sheppard was murdered in an upstairs bedroom in her home. Sam Sheppard, her husband, a prominent man in Bay Village, Ohio, was sleeping downstairs when the incident occurred, and was woken when he heard a noise. He went upstairs to investigate, and was knocked unconscious. He heard another noise and went back downstairs to check on it. He saw …

…proceedings will be fair and that one will be given notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard before the government acts to take away one's life, liberty, or property. Also, a constitutional guarantee that a law shall not be unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious. The city of Cleveland unfairly published information regarding the trial, and the jury was biased because of this, and had a preconception of how they were going to vote.