Haynes v. Washington

The petitioner, Raymond L. Haynes, was tried in a Superior Court of the State of Washington on a charge of. robbery, found guilty by a jury, and sentenced to imprisonment “for a term of not more than 20 years.” The Washington Supreme Court affirmed the conviction, with four of nine judges dissenting. 58 Wash. 2d 716; 364 P. 2d 935. Certiorari was granted, 370 U. S. 902, to consider whether the admission of the petitioner’s written and signed confession into evidence against him at trial constituted a denial of due process of law.

Haynes contends that the confession was involuntary, and thus…