Gallegos v. Colorado, No. 475 (U.S. Supreme Court) (370 U.S. 49; 82 S.Ct. 1209) (June 4, 2062) (Justice Douglas)

Loaded on Oct. 30, 2002

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

Here the court vacated the conviction of a 14-year old boy who confessed to an assault immediately on arrest, on the gounds that his formal confession was not voluntary but was obtained by "secret inquisitorial processes" and other forms of compulsion.

In this case, a 14-year-old boy and another juvenile ...

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