Harrison v. U.S., No. 876 (U.S. Supreme Court) (392 U.S. 219; 88 S.Ct. 2008) (June 10, 2068) (Justice Stewart)

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Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Voluntary Nature/Voluntariness.

In allocating the burden of proof, the Court reasoned, "having 'released the spring' by using the petitioner's unlawfully obtained confessions against him, the Government must show that its illegal action did not induce his testimony." (Id., at 255). Here, while acknowledging that a number of factors inevitably play a part ...

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