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a | \ Office Memora U0) « UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ir. Tolson V G/LEF SS VO Betncee —— Harbo Moke _ yaom Re T. Harbo ke : teoce Tomm- ‘, DUISSIBILITY OF CONFESSIONS (STATE CASES) Tele, Reon wo) SUPREME COURT DECISIONS 20 meee Gendy ——— SYNOPSIS: .A review of criminal cases in which the U. 8. Supreme Court delivered optnions during the pertod from the October, > verm through all cases reported up to June 6, 1955, shows that in thts pertod the Court decided 14 cases.in which the admisstbility of confesstons obtained by state, city and county law enforcement officers was a princtpal issue involved. In one of the cases the issue was decided by unanimous decision of the Court. In & casea the tsaue was decided by a majority of Gand in 5 cases the tssue was decided gardtdty maf EF Ae 7 omer bt =i —_ Te , Ld «J ~~ wee é 4 RECOMMENDATION: None - informational only. DETAILS: A review has been made of the criminal cases in which the U. S. Supreme Court delivered opinions (#1) during the period from the October, 1941, term through all cases reported up to June 6, 1955, (#2) shows that in this period the Court decided 14 cases in which the admissibility of confessions obtained by state, city and county law enforcement officers (#3) was a principal tssue involved (#4). In one of the cases the issue was decided by unanimous decision of the Court. In & cases the issue was decided (#5) by a majority of 6 and in 5 cases che issue was decided by a majority of 5. No cases originating with Federal authorities were included in this study. The case of Ward v. Teras was decideg by unonimou ie, dectist th ourt. “ ectaton of the C RECAADED-99 je RIG BS — cer Ur. Nichols (NDEXED-98 6 OCT 21 1955 yy yy