Watts v. Indiana, No. 610 (U.S. Supreme Court) (338 U.S. 49; 69 S.Ct. 1347) (June 27, 2049) (Justice Frankfurter)
Here the Court reversed a conviction based on a coerced confession given after the defendant had been held incommunicado for more than four days - on that ground that such an interogation is inconsistent with our basic system of justice.
The defendant in this case was arrested for an alleged ...
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