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 something, and chased it, fought with it, and was again knocked unconscious. When he regained consciousness for the second time, he called h…