斯帕夫訴美國案（Sparf v. United States, 156 US 51 (1895), or Sparf and Hansen v. United States[1]） 是美國最高法院的案件，考驗被控犯有同一罪行的多名被告供述的可採性，以及陪審團的職責。
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斯帕夫訴美國案
(Sparf v. United States) |
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| 法院 | 美國最高法院 |
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| 案件全名 | Sparf and Hansen v. United States |
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| 提交日期 | 1894March 5 |
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| 判決下達日期 | 1895January 21 |
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| 判例引注 | 156 U.S. 51 15 S. Ct. 273; 39 L. Ed. 343; 1895 U.S. LEXIS 2120 |
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| 既往案件 | Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California |
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- If one of two people who have committed murder makes a voluntary confession in front of the other, that confession is admissible against both, however not without the other person witnessing it.
- A jury must apply the law based on the facts of a case.
- A court may not direct the jury to return a guilty verdict.
- A jury may convict someone of a lesser crime provided the elements of that crime are included in the original offense.
- A court may instruct the jury to consider guilt only the alleged offenses, in the case of a person accused of murder, rather than any lesser offenses.
- Juries do not have the right to dispute the law, however this does not prevent them from doing so.
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| 多數意見 | Harlan，附議：Fuller, Field, Jackson, White |
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| 協同意見 | Jackson |
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| 不同意見 | Brewer，附議：Brown |
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| 不同意見 | Gray，附議：Shiras |
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本案推翻的以往裁決 |
| United States v. Susan B. Anthony (1873) |
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