Supreme Court· 12/6/1954

Opper v. United States

Citations

348 U.S. 84
75 S. Ct. 158
99 L. Ed. 2d 101
1954 U.S. LEXIS 1388
99 L. Ed. 101
45 A.L.R. 2d 1308

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holding that post-arrest admissions and confessions require corroboration of the essential facts admitted by a defendant
holding that “accused’s admissions of essential facts or elements of the crime, subsequent to the crime, are of the same character as confessions and that corroboration should be required”
holding that corroborating evidence is adequate if it “supports the essential facts admitted sufficiently to justify a jury inference of their truth”
holding that “accused’s admissions of essential facts or elements of the crime, subsequent to the crime, are of the same character as confessions and that corroboration should be required”
holding that, under the second prong of the corroboration requirement, the government “must introduce independent evidence tending to establish the trustworthiness of the admission[]”
holding that corroborative evidence must \support[ ] the essential facts admitted sufficiently to justify a jury inference of their truth\

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Judges: Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas, Forte, App

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