Robert Lee Thomas v. State of North Carolina and Mr. Bill Mahoney, Superintendent

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• finding a confession involuntary in part because of the defendant’s “low mentality” and “limited education”
• finding a confession involuntary in part because of the defendant’s “low mentality” and “limited education”
• finding a confession involuntary in part because of the defendant’s “low mentality” and “limited education”
• granting a writ of habeas corpus to a fifteen-year-old defendant (with a fourth-grade education and an IQ of 72
• granting a writ of habeas corpus to a fifteen-year-old defendant (with a fourth-grade education and an IQ of 72
• 14 hours of interrogation in a 17 hour period

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).