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UNITED STATES v. ALVAREZ-SANCHEZ

No. 92-1812.

511 U.S. 350 (1994)

UNITED STATES v. ALVAREZ-SANCHEZ

United States Supreme Court.

Decided May 2, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miguel A. Estrada argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Days, Assistant Attorney General Harris, and Deputy Solicitor General Bryson.

Carlton F. Gunn argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Blackmun, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Blackmun, J., joined, p. 361. Stevens, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, p. 361.

Justice Thomas, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case concerns the scope of 18 U. S. C. § 3501, the statute governing the admissibility of confessions in federal prosecutions. Respondent contends that § 3501(c), which provides that a custodial confession made by a person within six hours following his arrest "shall not be inadmissible solely because of delay in bringing such person" before a federal magistrate...

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