Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Reck v. Ragen
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 28, 1959No. 57C2027PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
The Relator, Emil Reck, was convicted of murder in the Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois, after trial by jury in 1936, and sentenced to the Illinois State Penitentiary for a term of 199 years. At his trial, two confessions to the crime by Reck were received in evidence. At a preliminary hearing by the Court the confessions were found to be voluntary and admissible. On the trial they were again specially found to be voluntary by the jury. After conviction a Writ of Error was taken by Relator to the Illinois Supreme Court and the conviction affirmed. The Writ,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Mallory v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Bartkus v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Haley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- United States of America Ex Rel. Emil Reck, Relator-Appellant v. Joseph E. Ragen, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1960
- MacKey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- MacKey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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