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COOLIDGE v. NEW HAMPSHIRE

No. 323.

403 U.S. 443 (1971)

COOLIDGE v. NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 21, 1971

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Archibald Cox, by appointment of the Court, 400 U.S. 814, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Matthias J. Reynolds, John A. Graf, and Robert L. Chiesa.

Alexander J. Kalinski argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Warren B. Rudman, Attorney General of New Hampshire.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.*

We are called upon in this case to decide issues under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments arising in the context of a state criminal trial for the commission of a particularly brutal murder. As in every case, our single duty is to determine the issues presented in accord with the Constitution and the law.

Pamela Mason, a 14-year-old girl, left her home in Manchester, New...

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