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Brown v. Mississippi

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Brown v. Mississippi
by Charles Evans Hughes
Syllabus

Brown v. Mississippi, 297 U.S. 278, (1936), was a United States Supreme Court case that ruled that a defendant's confessions that is extracted by police violence cannot be entered as evidence and violates the Due Process Clause.

887404Brown v. Mississippi — SyllabusCharles Evans Hughes

United States Supreme Court

297 U.S. 278

Brown  v.  Mississippi

 Argued: Jan. 10, 1936. --- Decided: Feb 17, 1936

Messrs. Earl Brewer and J. Morgan Stevens, both of Jackson, Miss., for petitioners.

Messrs. W. D. Conn, of Corinth, Miss., and W. H. Maynard, of Baltimore, Md., for respondent.

Mr. Chief Justice HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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