Cheeks v. City of Philadelphia

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER

JOHN W. LORD, Jr., Chief Judge.

The above-entitled civil rights case was tried by this Court sitting without a jury on July 27, 1971. The Court makes the following Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law.

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. The plaintiff filed the above-entitled civil rights complaint on October 15, 1969 alleging that the above named defendants conspired to falsely imprison plaintiff by (1) depriving him of his right to remain silent, (2) depriving him of his right to counsel, (3) coercing a confession from him, (4) using fabricated confessions of…