State v. Browning

I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion in this case.

It is conceded that Browning was taken into custody by officers without a warrant of arrest, that he was not carried by them before a magistrate, and that he was, after being arrested, detained by the officers in a room in the old penitentiary building at Little Rock, which seems to have been specially prepared for what is euphemistically called "questioning" of suspects. At the end of constant grilling by officers in relays for about nine hours Browning is said to have made the confession, the admissibility of which is involved…