Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Edgar H. Smith v. Howard Yeager, Warden, New Jersey State Prison, Trenton
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 12, 1971No. 71-1490PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
This appeal by the state of New Jersey from the grant of a writ of habeas corpus presents a pre-Miranda question whether inculpatory statements of Edgar H. Smith were the voluntary product of a free and unconstrained will.
Following an evidentiary hearing after remand by the United States Supreme Court, 1 the district court concluded that “the admissions made to Detectives Spahr and DeLisle on the morning of March 6, 1957, were the results of a culmination of coercive circumstances which made those admissions involuntary under federal constitutional standards. * * * The…
3Cases cited11 opinions
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- Malinski v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Fikes v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Turner v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Smith v. YeagerSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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