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FELLERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 02-6320.

540 U.S. 519 (2004)

FELLERS v. UNITED STATES

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 26, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth P. Waxman, by appointment of the Court, 538 U.S. 997, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Paul R. Q. Wolfson.

Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Olson, Assistant Attorney General Wray, John P. Elwood, and Joel M. Gershowitz.*

O'CONNOR, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

After a grand jury indicted petitioner John J. Fellers, police officers arrested him at his home. During the course of the arrest, petitioner made several inculpatory statements. He argued that the officers deliberately elicited these statements from him outside the presence of counsel, and that the admission at trial of the fruits of those statements therefore violated...

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