Supreme Court· 1/11/1960

Blackburn v. Alabama

Citations

361 U.S. 199
80 S. Ct. 274
4 L. Ed. 2d 242
1960 U.S. LEXIS 1766

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holding that the absence of legal counsel, friends and family members are factors bearing on whether there was coercion
holding that the absence of legal counsel, friends and family members are factors bearing on whether there was coercion
holding that defendant's will was overborne when police interrogated defendant for eight to nine hours in small room occasionally filled with police officers, during which time defendant saw no friends, family, or counsel
holding that defendant’s will was overborne when police interrogated defendant for eight to nine hours in small room occasionally filled with police officers, during which time defendant saw no friends, family, or counsel
holding defendant’s statements involuntary when subjected to eight hours of intense interrogation in a small, crowded room despite officer’s knowledge that suspect had mental problems
noting that \coercion can be mental as well as physical\ (emphasis supplied)

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Judges: Warren, Clark

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