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SPANO v. NEW YORK

No. 582.

360 U.S. 315 (1959)

SPANO v. NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 22, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert S. Siegal argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Rita D. Schechter.

Irving Anolik argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Daniel V. Sullivan and Walter E. Dillon.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is another in the long line of cases presenting the question whether a confession was properly admitted into evidence under the Fourteenth Amendment. As in all such cases, we are forced to resolve a conflict between two fundamental interests of society; its interest in prompt and efficient law enforcement, and its interest in preventing the rights of its individual members from being abridged by unconstitutional...

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