Lacefield v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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21 state decisions

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1. “Both state and federal courts have had occasion to pass on the contention here made that a confession following an illegal arrest is ipso facto inadmissible under Wong Sun (Wong Sun v. U. S., 371 U.S. 471 , 83 S.Ct. 407, 9 L.Ed.2d 441). The contention has been generally rejected. Rogers v. United States, 330 F.2d 535 , 540-542 (5th Cir.); Hollingsworth v. United States, 321 F.2d 342 , 350-351 (10th Cir.); Burke v. United States, 328 F.2d 399 , 402-403 (1st Cir.) affirming 215 F.Supp. 508, 511; United States v. McCarthy, 249 F.Supp. 199; State v. Keating, 61 Wash.2d 452, 378 P.2d 703; Prescoe v. State, 231 Md. 486, 191 A.2d 226; People v. Freeland, 218 Cal.App.2d 199, 32 Cal.Rptr. 132; State v. Kitashiro (48 Haw. 204) 397 P.2d 558. 38 "We find nothing in Wong Sun to require a holding that the confession here was improperly admitted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Morgan v. Estelle

2. “Therefore, a confession otherwise shown to have been voluntary is not rendered inadmissible by the fact that its author was under arrest or in custody at the time, even though the arrest may have been under invalid process or without any process or legal right.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Morgan v. Estelle

3. “It does not appear that appellant seriously questions the voluntariness of the confession. The question posed by appellant is whether or not a confession concededly voluntary is to be excluded from evidence if made by the appellant following an unlawful arrest.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Morgan v. Estelle