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| “oO. 8 “. mierioe . ~ * aaa? 1087 EON z Ta GIN, 840. WO. 27 - UNITED STATES G(_ ERNMENT Memorandum ry 2 feo rcs Mr. Tolson a pate, August 16, 1966 we Le rae : , ‘ AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION ° me Be ig rs Nae +!‘ " 89TH ANNUAL MEETING, MONTREAL, CANADA ae h Y.!"% RESOLUTION BY CHIEF JUSTICES, ‘JUDICIAL CONFERENCE , 7; i ° » CRIMINAL LAW MATTERS." Sete | <y Ae, ee o a ae | el on er Inspector H. L. ‘Edwards who represented the Bureau af. she ‘rac ei an American Bar Association Annual Meeting in Montreal has made availacle thi ttached copy of a resolution presented by Penrsylvania Supreme Court Chic. - justice John C, Bell, Jr., tothe Chief Justices at their Judicial Confer ance 4 ontreal, Canada, 8/1-6/66. The Conference of Chief Justices meets “umd 2: prior to the Annual Meeting of the American Bar r Association and repre: ents de Chief Justices of all of the statac ante ere eee ee See WR EE eee Werke : J er ‘ @ Chief Justice John C, Bell, Ire] ‘has the reputation of be ng wealy strongly pro-law enforcement and has spoken oug,in the past against some of tle | | "bleeding hearts" and the decisions of the U. S. Supreme Court which / ave tend. ‘to favor the criminal, The resolution refers to the appalling and brutal crime va - ‘which is increasing six times faster than population; cites the recent pui plicized* ' Miranda decision, and points out a number of specific areas in which the criminal ‘accused of crime has long enjoyed adequate protection at the expense of society. Th: : resolution indicates the Miranda decision is ‘unsupported by the Janguage or spirit oi . the Constitution or prior precedents and that it will -greatly jeopardize the security a: ¢ welfare of the law abiding public. It concludes that since the "scales of Justice have \ been overly weighted in favor of criminals and of persons suspected or accusad of ai crime,' the U. 8. Supreme Court is urged to reconsider and substantially modify th: < { rules and tests laid down in Miranda and “permit the introductjon into evidence of fa comessions which were not coerced but were voluntarily, knowingly and intelligen:1: mmaae by a defendant or by any person suspected or accused of a crime."' It was further resolved that a copy of the resolution be sent to the Chiet Justice and all the | ‘ Justices pfthe U. S. Supreme Court, . ~ Doe MS , at i "'fhis resolution is one of several examples of the grave concern eX ; _ pr essed in Montreal over recent trends of U. s. - Supreme Court decisions in the : ACTION: - Information, a Lf - ee v4 — = ‘ act EnelosuryesLO™ WL gest? Lory, ; asper , 1» Mr. Mohr | se iM Rosen. 1- Mr. DeLoach Wet PEE aoe 7 Sep aa NOT RECORDED — 7s smbk 9 4 SS SEP ye jo¢8 MO fy ——— HES] COPY | AUC [Abe