Supreme Court· 6/23/1982

Taylor v. Alabama

Citations

457 U.S. 687
102 S. Ct. 2664
73 L. Ed. 2d 314
1982 U.S. LEXIS 138

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holding that taint existed where there was no meaningful intervening event between illegal arrest and confession
holding that taint existed where there was no meaningful intervening event between illegal arrest and confession
concluding that “[t]he initial fingerprints [] were themselves the fruit of petitioner’s illegal arrest....” (citation omitted)
holding that taint was not purged even though six hours passed between illegal arrest and confession
concluding that six hours was too temporally proximate because defendant was in police custody the entire time and was subjected to several interrogations, fingerprinting and a lineup
holding that six hours between an illegal arrest and a confession, paired with three distinct Miranda warnings, did not constitute sufficient attenuating circumstances

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Judges: Marshall, Brennan, White, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, Burger, Powell, Rehnquist

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