Robert Toms
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Robert Toms was the prosecutor in the landmark Ossian Sweet trial, a pivotal civil rights case in 1920s Detroit involving racial tensions and self-defense.
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | person ⓘ |
| activeIn | Detroit, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | racial tensions in 1920s Detroit ⓘ |
| caseLocation | Detroit, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caseSignificance | pivotal civil rights case ⓘ |
| caseTypeHandled | homicide-related prosecution ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
criminal law
ⓘ
prosecution ⓘ |
| handledHighProfileCase | Ossian Sweet trial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | State of Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | involvement in a landmark civil rights case ⓘ |
| legalIssueInCase |
racially motivated violence
ⓘ
self-defense ⓘ |
| legalPositionInCase | represented the State of Michigan in the Ossian Sweet trial ⓘ |
| legalSystem | American legal system ⓘ |
| notableFor | prosecution in the Ossian Sweet case ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
ⓘ
prosecutor ⓘ |
| opposedPartyInCase |
Ossian Sweet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
defendants in the Ossian Sweet case ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Ossian Sweet trial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | prosecutor in the Ossian Sweet trial ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
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