UPSHAW v. UNITED STATES

No. 98.

335 U.S. 410 (1948)

UPSHAW v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 13, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel D. Blackwell argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was James T. Wright.

Robert S. Erdahl argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman and Beatrice Rosenberg.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner was convicted of grand larceny in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and sentenced to serve sixteen months to four years in prison. Pre-trial confessions of guilt without which petitioner could not have been convicted1 were admitted in evidence against his objection that they had been illegally obtained...

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