In Hurtado V

Multiple Choice

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 to charge Hurtado.
C) he confessed,so due process was irrelevant.
D) the California grand jury had properly indicted him.