Legal Opinion
Jennings v. Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 3, 1951No. 95PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Vinson
Each of the three petitioners is confined in an Illinois penitentiary following conviction of serious crimes. Petitioners’ factual allegations need not be described, except to note petitioners’ specific claims that confessions introduced at their trials were wrung from them by force and violence. Although such allegations set forth a prima facie violation of federal constitutional rights,1 there has been no determination, either by review of the trial record or by hearing of evidence, as to whether petitioners, in fact, are being imprisoned in violation of their rights under the Constitution.
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Yakus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Brown v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Frank v. MangumSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Ex Parte HawkSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Smith v. O'GRADYSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Albert H. Carter v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- People v. JenningsIllinois Supreme Court · 1952
- Phillip J. Harmon v. Charles Ryan, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Talbot Jennings v. Fremont Nester, Edward Piotter, Larry Vodvarka, John S. Boyle, James A. Brown and John PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
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