Brown v. Mississippi

The question in this case is whether convictions, which rest solely upon confessions shown to have been extorted by officers of the.State by brutality and violence, are consistent with the due process of law required by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

Petitioners were indicted for the murder of one Raymond Stewart, whose death occurred on March 30, 1934. They, were indicted on April 4, 1934, and were then arraigned and. pleaded not guilty. Counsel were appointed by the court to defend them. Trial was begun the next morning and was concluded on the following…