Enoch v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court 1
141 Va. 411 (1925)
ENOCH
v.
COMMONWEALTH.
Supreme Court of Virginia.
January 15, 1925.
Smith & Gordon, for the plaintiff in error.
1. CONFESSIONS -- Voluntary -- Persistent Questioning by Officers -- Case at Bar. -- In the instant case, a prosecution for homicide, accused was arrested without a formal warrant, and from eleven o'clock Saturday morning until about one o'clock that night he was practically all of the time under close and constant examination by not less than two police detectives at a time, and he took neither food nor water, although it was offered to him. During this examination…
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