1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 256 F.2d
  5. 256 F.2d 7 (1958)
 

UNITED STATES v. JACKSON

Nos. 366-367, Dockets 24380, 24805.

256 F.2d 7 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. William WADE, Relator-Appellant, v. J. Vernal JACKSON, Warden of Clinton Prison, and The People of the State of New York, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided May 19, 1958.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 9, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry C. Roemer, Jr., and Philip C. Potter, Jr., New York City, for relator-appellant.

George K. Bernstein, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., State of New York (Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, Paxton Blair, Sol. Gen., Albany, N. Y., Samuel A. Hirshowitz, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Michael Freyberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for respondents-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and LUMBARD and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 9, 1958. See 78 S.Ct. 1152.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.

The question for decision is whether William Wade's confession, obtained during a detention of 23 hours, was involuntary so that its use by the state in order to convict him for felony murder1 in the Westchester County Court was in violation of his constitutional rights. Wade was tried as a principal who aided and abetted three inmates of Sing Sing...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases