Kawakita v. United States, 343 U.S. 717 (1952), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court reviewed a treason accusation against the defendant Tomoya Kawakita (川北 友弥, Kawakita Tomoya?), a dual U.S./Japanese citizen.
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