TURNER v. PENNSYLVANIA

No. 107.

338 U.S. 62 (1949)

TURNER v. PENNSYLVANIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 27, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin P. Rome argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Clinton Budd Palmer.

Colbert C. McClain argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was John H. Maurer.


MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER announced the judgment of the Court and an opinion in which MR. JUSTICE MURPHY and MR. JUSTICE RUTLEDGE join.

Our ruling in Watts v. Indiana, ante, p. 49, is decisive of the present case. It is also a capital case in which the petitioner claims that his conviction for first-degree murder resulted from the use of incriminatory statements obtained under circumstances which should have barred...

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