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Penn Central Transportation Company V. New York City, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Penn Central Transportation Company V. New York City, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
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Competency To Stand Trial In Federal Courts: Conceptual And Constitutional Problems, William T. Pizzi
Competency To Stand Trial In Federal Courts: Conceptual And Constitutional Problems, William T. Pizzi
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Foreword: Brewer V. Williams--A Hard Look At A Discomfiting Record, Yale Kamisar
Foreword: Brewer V. Williams--A Hard Look At A Discomfiting Record, Yale Kamisar
Articles
In recent decades, few matters have split the Supreme Court, troubled the legal profession, and agitated the public as much as the police interrogation-confession cases. The recent case of Brewer v. Williams3 is as provocative as any, because the Supreme Court there revdrsed the defendant's conviction for the "savage murder of a small child" even though no Justice denied his guilt,4 he was warned of his rights no fewer than five times, 5 and any "interrogation" that might have occurred seemed quite mild.6