Supreme Court· 10/13/1958
Crooker v. California
Citations
- 357 U.S. 433
- 78 S. Ct. 1287
- 2 L. Ed. 2d 1448
- 1958 U.S. LEXIS 665
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- due process not violated even though accused asked for and was denied counsel before confessing
- possibility of coercion “negated here by petitioner’s age, intelligence, and education”
- college-educated man with law training, 14 hours in custody without consulting attorney
- “sum of the circumstances” test
- \sum of the circumstances\ test
- exhortation to tell the truth
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Judges: Clark, Douglas, Black, Brennan
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