· 2/7/1938
Keller v. Zerbst
Citations
- 303 U.S. 637
- 58 S. Ct. 527
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- “Under the rules of the common law, officers were not justified to shoot persons attempting to escape from their custody in case of arrests for a misdemeanor_”
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