Legal Opinion
State v. Tune
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided June 25, 1953PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Vanderbilt, C. J.
On October 7, 1952 the grand jury of Essex County returned an indictment charging the defendant with the morder of William Prather. The body was discovered on August 23, 1952 in the basement of the decedent’s home. The defendant was arrested by the police in Newark shortly after noon on the same day and taken to Newark Police Headquarters for questioning. There he made an oral statement to the police, admitting that he had committed the crime, and then signed a 14-page confession which had been prepared in longhand from his statements…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Lisenba v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Leland v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Goldman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. GarssonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1923
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3Cited by77 opinions
- People v. RiserCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
- In the Matter of Grand Jury Proceedings. Frank J. Duffy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- State v. GoldbergSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1964
- State v. HunterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
- Kardy v. SHOOK, J.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
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