JENKINS v. DELAWARE

No. 748.

395 U.S. 213 (1969)

JENKINS v. DELAWARE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry N. Herndon, Jr., argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Jay H. Conner, Deputy Attorney General of Delaware, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

A brief as amicus curiae urging reversal was filed for Henry A. Vigliano.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General, pro se, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant Attorney General, and Amy Juviler, Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief for the Attorney General of New York as amicus curiae urging affirmance.


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

In Johnson v. New Jersey, 384 U.S. 719 (1966), we held that Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), "applies only to cases in which the trial began after the date of our [Miranda] decision . . . ." 384 U. S., at 721. In this case, we must decide whether Miranda's standards for determining the admissibility...

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