Sweat Et Al. v. Arkansas

469 U.S. 1172

105 S.Ct. 933

83 L.Ed.2d 944

Russell SWEAT and Richard "Bud" Sweat

v.

ARKANSAS

No. 84-49

Supreme Court of the United States

January 14, 1985

On petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

The petition for writ of certiorari is denied.

1

After the State of Arkansas had initiated formal criminal proceedings against the petitioners Russell and Richard ("Bud") Sweat, a state undercover agent contacted the Sweats and, in a series of telephone conversations and face-to-face meetings, deliberately elicited incriminating statements from them. Because the Sweats' right to…