Patton v. Yount, No. 83-95 (U.S. Supreme Court) (467 U.S. 1025; 104 S.Ct. 2885) (June 26, 1984) (Justice Powell)
In this case, the respondent was convicted of first-degree murder and rape after a jury trial in a Pennsylvania state court; and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. However, on direct appeal the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the police had violated respondent's constitutional rights in securing confessions that had ...
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