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JENNINGS v. ILLINOIS.

No. 95.

342 U.S. 104 (1951)

JENNINGS v. ILLINOIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 3, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathaniel L. Nathanson, acting under appointment by the Court, argued the causes and filed briefs for petitioners in all three cases. In No. 95, Calvin P. Sawyier, acting under appointment by the Court as associate counsel for petitioner, was with Mr. Nathanson on the brief and, by special leave of Court, argued the cause pro hac vice.

William C. Wines, Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, argued the causes for respondent. With him on the briefs were Ivan A. Elliott, Attorney General, and Raymond S. Sarnow and John T. Coburn, Assistant Attorneys General.

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

Each of the three petitioners is confined in an Illinois penitentiary following conviction of serious crimes. Petitioners' factual allegations need not be described, except to note petitioners' specific claims that confessions introduced at their trials were wrung from them by force and violence. Although such allegations set forth a prima facie violation of federal constitutional rights,

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