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LEYRA v. DENNO

No. 635.

347 U.S. 556 (1954)

LEYRA v. DENNO, WARDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Osmond K. Fraenkel argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Frederick W. Scholem.

William I. Siegel argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney General of New York, Wendell P. Brown, Solicitor General, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, Assistant Attorney General, and Edward S. Silver.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Camilo Leyra, age 75, and his wife, age 80, were found dead in their Brooklyn apartment. Several days later petitioner, their son, age 50, was indicted in a state court charged with having murdered them with a hammer. He was convicted and sentenced to death, chiefly on several alleged confessions of guilt. The New York Court of Appeals reversed on the ground that one of...

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