CARDINALE v. LOUISIANA

No. 76.

394 U.S. 437 (1969)

CARDINALE v. LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 1, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Greenberg argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Preston H. Hufft argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General of Louisiana, William P. Schuler, Second Assistant Attorney General, and Leander H. Perez, Jr.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner brutally murdered a woman near New Orleans, and then fled the State. He had been seen with his victim, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. In the course of his flight petitioner came to Tucson, Arizona, where he decided to surrender. He flagged down a police car and, after an interruption by the police to warn him that he need not speak, that his speech might be used against him, and that he had...

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