Supreme Court· 6/30/1958

Thomas v. Arizona

Citations

356 U.S. 390
78 S. Ct. 885
2 L. Ed. 2d 863
1958 U.S. LEXIS 1026

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private citizen, a member of a posse, abused a prisoner who later confessed to the authorities
private citizen, a member of a posse, abused a prisoner who later confessed to the authorities
physician’s testimony concerning the extent of defendant’s severely cut hand and identification of bandage was not privileged where sheriff was present during treatment and any information acquired was “readily discernible” to all
physician's testimony concerning the extent of defendant's severely cut hand and identification of bandage was not privileged where sheriff was present during treatment and any information acquired was \readily discernible\ to all
in view of defendant’s “extensive criminal record,” including a five year prison sentence, two other convictions, and several terms in the Navy brig, defendant could not “be thought an impressionable stranger to the processes of law”
“No encroachment of the traditional jury function results, for the issue of coercion, unlike the basic facts on which coercion is ascertained, involves the application of constitutional standards of fundamental fairness under the Fourteenth Amendment.”

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Judges: Clark, Black, Douglas, Brennan

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