Frye v. Gladden

In 1933, when petitioner was 16 years old, he was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He presently is a prisoner in Oregon State Penitentiary, although the record indicates there have been unsuccessful paroles. In 1967 he filed a petition in the trial court for post-conviction relief, alleging two grounds: (1) that written incriminating statements introduced at his trial were involuntary (Jackson v. Denno, 378 US 368, 84 S Ct 1774, 12 L Ed 2d 908, 1 ALR 3d 1205 (1964), and State v. Brewton, 238 Or 590, 395 P2d 874 (1964)), and (2) that he was denied his right…