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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

How courts have described this case

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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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