Jackson v. Denno

Petitioner, Jackson, has filed a petition for habeas corpus in the Federal District Court asserting that his conviction for murder'ln the New York courts is invalid because it was founded upon a confession not properly *370determined to be voluntary. The writ was denied, 206 F. Supp. 759 (D. C. S. D. N. Y.), the Court of Appeals affirmed, 309 F. 2d 573 (C. A. 2d Cir.), and we granted certiorari to consider fundamental questions about the constitutionality of the New York procedure governing the admissibility of a confession alleged to be involuntary.1 371 U. S. 967.

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On June 14, 1960, at about 1…