Legal Opinion
Darwin v. Connecticut
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 20, 1968No. 794 MPublishedCited by 209 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Connecticut Su*347preme Court affirmed the judgment. 155 Conn. 124, 230 A. 2d 573 (1967). Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari from this Court. We grant the writ and reverse.
On Friday, December 6, 1963, petitioner was arrested on a coroner’s warrant charging him with murder. During that entire day until 9 p. m. petitioner was subjected to questioning. Sometime that evening, the officer in charge brought in a revolving disc and sought to persuade petitioner to look at it and “relax.” The' trial judge said…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Haynes v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Davis v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by209 opinions
- Oregon v. ElstadSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- Harrison v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Boulden v. HolmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- People v. AndersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
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