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WILLIAMS v. UNITED STATES.

No. 365.

341 U.S. 97 (1951)

WILLIAMS v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 23, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bart A. Riley submitted on brief for petitioner.

Philip Elman argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General McInerney and Sydney Brodie.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question in this case is whether a special police officer who in his official capacity subjects a person suspected of crime to force and violence in order to obtain a confession may be prosecuted under § 20 of the Criminal Code, 18 U. S. C. (1946 ed.) § 52, now 18 U. S. C. § 242.

Section 20 provides in pertinent part:

"Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation...

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