Reck v. Pate

Mr. Justice Clark, whom Mr. Justice Whittaker joins, dissenting.

Twenty-five years ago a jury found Reck guilty of the savage murder of Dr. Silber C. Peacock. His first attempt to upset that conviction came nine years later when he sought a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Illinois. It was denied by opinion, People v. Reck, 392 Ill. 311, 64 N. E. 526 (1946). This Court denied certiorari. Reck v. Illinois, 331 U. S. 855 (1947). In the same year the Illinois Supreme Court again denied Reek’s applica*449tion for discharge. The next year the United States District Court for the Northern District…