Coerced Confession

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• United States v. Morin
  265 F.2d 241· 3d Cir.· 1959-03-31 ·cited 26×
  A conviction based on a guilty plea is not rendered involuntary solely because an inadmissible confession was obtained during allegedly illegal detention, especially when the plea was entered voluntarily after consultation with counsel.
• Jess Cancino v. Craven
  467 F.2d 1243· 9th Cir.· 1972-10-03 ·cited 25×
  A district court's denial of a habeas petition without an evidentiary hearing was erroneous if it rested on legal errors rather than factual merits, and the ends of justice require reaching the merits of a subsequent petition.
• Irving v. Breazeale
  400 F.2d 231· 5th Cir.· 1968-08-27 ·cited 25×
  The court affirmed the denial of the habeas corpus petition regarding the conviction but remanded for a determination of issues raised by Witherspoon v. State of Illinois concerning the death sentence.
• United States v. Clark
  499 F.2d 802· 4th Cir.· 1974-07-09 ·cited 24×
  The court held that the admission of Clark's confession was reversible error because it was obtained in violation of his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights, as he had previously invoked his right to counsel and the subsequent waiver was not voluntary. The court also found no denial
• The United States v. Culp
  472 F.2d 459· 8th Cir.· 1973-01-25 ·cited 24×
  The court held that the defendant's consent to search and subsequent confession were voluntary, not coerced, and that the jury instruction on reasonable doubt was proper.
• United States ex rel. Edwin Gockley v. Myers
  450 F.2d 232· 3d Cir.· 1971-09-20 ·cited 24×
  The court held that the petitioner failed to demonstrate that his arrest was illegal or that his statements were coerced, and therefore, he was not entitled to federal habeas corpus relief.
• Smith v. The State OF Tex.
  395 F.2d 958· 5th Cir.· 1968-06-10 ·cited 24×
  The court held that the appellant is entitled to a judicial determination of the voluntariness of his confession, as required by Jackson v. Denno, and that the rule in Jackson v. Denno is retroactive.
• Goins v. Allgood
  391 F.2d 692· 5th Cir.· 1968-03-12 ·cited 24×
  The court held that the district court erred in summarily denying the habeas corpus petition without a hearing, as a new ground of systematic exclusion of Negroes from the grand jury was presented. The court found the facts regarding this exclusion undisputed and ordered the peti
• Knowles v. Gladden
  378 F.2d 761· 9th Cir.· 1967-05-03 ·cited 24×
  A voluntary and understanding guilty plea conclusively establishes all elements of the offense, rendering the admissibility of prior confessions immaterial.
• Johnson v. Wilson
  371 F.2d 911· 9th Cir.· 1967-01-19 ·cited 24×
  The court held that the district court erred in dismissing the appellant's petition for habeas corpus without an evidentiary hearing.
• United States ex rel. Master v. Baldi
  198 F.2d 113· 3d Cir.· 1952-07-08 ·cited 24×
  The district court erred in dismissing the habeas corpus petition without a hearing, as the allegations of a coerced confession, if true, constitute a violation of due process.
• Stano v. Dugger
  901 F.2d 898· 11th Cir.· 1990-05-01 ·cited 23×
  The court remanded for an evidentiary hearing to determine if a detective was part of the prosecution team and acted under the prosecutor's authority for Brady purposes, and for further consideration of a Sixth Amendment claim regarding an informant.
• Brown v. Peyton
  435 F.2d 1352· 4th Cir.· 1970-12-29 ·cited 23×
  The majority holds that the petitioner's guilty plea was voluntary, interpreting Brady v. United States to permit judicial participation in plea bargaining.
• Davis v. State OF N.C.
  339 F.2d 770· 4th Cir.· 1964-12-08 ·cited 23×
  A confession obtained after prolonged incommunicado detention and interrogation, in violation of the accused's right to counsel and under coercive circumstances, must be excluded.
• United States ex rel. Henry H. Staples v. Pate
  332 F.2d 531· 7th Cir.· 1964-05-28 ·cited 23×
  A voluntary and understanding guilty plea waives objections to prior constitutional violations, even if the plea was influenced by evidence obtained from those violations.
• Isiah (Izell) Chambers v. State
  111 Fla. 707· Fla.· 1933-12-19 ·cited 23×
  Four defendants convicted of first-degree murder in the robbery and beating death of Robert M. Darsey appealed their death sentences. The Florida Supreme Court initially affirmed their convictions on the merits, but subsequently granted leave for them to petition for writ of erro
• Towne v. Dugger
  899 F.2d 1104· 11th Cir.· 1990-04-30 ·cited 22×
  The court held that a suspect's question to an officer about whether he should get a lawyer constitutes an equivocal request for counsel, requiring further questioning to cease until the request is clarified.
• United States v. Tantalo
  680 F.2d 903· 2d Cir.· 1982-06-03 ·cited 22×
  The court held that the district court erred by denying the defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment without conducting a hearing to determine if the evidence the government intended to use was derived from legitimate independent sources, apart from the defendant's immunized
• United States v. Rieves
  584 F.2d 740· 5th Cir.· 1978-11-22 ·cited 22×
  The court held that the strip search of Berry was supported by reasonable suspicion and that Rieves' statements were not coerced, affirming their convictions.
• State v. Pitts
  241 So. 2d 399· Fla. 1st DCA· 1970-12-03 ·cited 22×
  The Florida appellate court reversed the trial court's decision to vacate death sentences for Pitts and Lee based on a Rule 1.850 collateral attack motion. Although the trial court found guilt pleas may have been coerced and evidence was suppressed, the appellate court held the e
• Stanley v. Louie L. Wainwright
  406 F.2d 8· 5th Cir.· 1969-01-21 ·cited 22×
  The court held that the denial of counsel at a capital case arraignment and the denial of counsel at a post-conviction proceeding require further hearings, and that a coerced confession claim must be examined based on attendant circumstances.
• Otie Gray v. Wilburn C. Johnson
  354 F.2d 986· 6th Cir.· 1965-11-29 ·cited 22×
  The court held that a voluntary guilty plea waives prior constitutional violations, and the district court's findings of no coercion and a voluntary plea were supported by substantial evidence.
• Alphonse T. Cuozzo v. United States
  325 F.2d 274· 5th Cir.· 1963-11-14 ·cited 22×
  The court held that the defendants' sentences must be vacated because they were not afforded the right of allocution prior to sentencing as required by Rule 32(a) F.R.Crim.P.
• United States ex rel. Benjamin Reid v. Richmond
  295 F.2d 83· 2d Cir.· 1961-09-19 ·cited 22×
• Denny v. United States
  151 F.2d 828· 4th Cir.· 1945-11-05 ·cited 22×
  The court held that the indictments were sufficient and that the evidence, including a confession, supported the convictions for conspiracy and making false statements under the Selective Training and Service Act.
• Jarriel v. State
  317 So. 2d 141· Fla. 4th DCA· 1975-08-08 ·cited 21×
  A defendant convicted of grand larceny appeals, arguing his confession should have been suppressed. The court agrees, finding the officer improperly induced the confession through threats to arrest the defendant's wife and promises to charge only one count, violating the requirem
• Smith v. State
  129 Fla. 388· Fla.· 1937-10-04 ·cited 21×
  Johnny Smith was convicted of first-degree murder without mercy recommendation. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed his conviction, rejecting challenges to the jury selection process, the admission of testimony regarding his demeanor after the crime, the admissibility of his confe
• Isiah Chambers v. State
  123 Fla. 734· Fla.· 1936-04-20 ·cited 21×
  The Florida Supreme Court reverses a lower court decision denying a writ of error coram nobis in a capital murder case, finding that confessions obtained through prolonged, persistent interrogation were not freely and voluntarily made and that the trial judge improperly instructe
• Wilson v. State
  871 So. 2d 298· Fla. 1st DCA· 2004-04-19 ·cited 20×
  Donald Wilson appeals the summary denial of his Rule 3.850 postconviction relief motion. The appellate court affirms in part and reverses in part, finding that two of Wilson's ineffective assistance of counsel claims are facially sufficient and require an evidentiary hearing, whi
• Hawkins v. Lynaugh
  844 F.2d 1132· 5th Cir.· 1988-04-29 ·cited 20×
  The court held that the defendant's confession was voluntary and the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction, affirming the denial of federal habeas relief.
• State v. Merklein
  388 So. 2d 218· Fla. 2d DCA· 1980-08-01 ·cited 20×
  The State appeals the trial court's suppression of confessions and evidence from two robbery suspects, challenging the court's finding that their detention was unreasonable. The appellate court reverses, holding that the officers' 20-40 minute detention pending victim identificat
• United States ex rel. Charles Townsend v. Twomey
  452 F.2d 350· 7th Cir.· 1971-11-19 ·cited 20×
  The district court did not abuse its discretion in granting a writ of habeas corpus based on an involuntary confession, as res judicata does not apply to successive petitions and the facts supported a finding of involuntariness.
• United States ex rel. Frank E. Darrah v. Brierley
  415 F.2d 9· 3d Cir.· 1969-08-29 ·cited 20×
  The court held that the District Court did not err in denying a federal evidentiary hearing on the habeas corpus petition, as the state record was adequate and the appellant's claims lacked sufficient credible evidence.
• Juelich v. United States
  403 F.2d 523· 5th Cir.· 1968-11-15 ·cited 20×
  The court held that the district court did not err in denying a further evidentiary hearing on the appellant's successive motion to vacate his judgment and sentence.
• Le Roy St. Clair Brown, Jr. v. Crouse
  395 F.2d 755· 10th Cir.· 1968-05-06 ·cited 20×
  The court held that the appellant had not exhausted his state remedies because he had not utilized the available Kansas post-conviction relief procedures.
• United States ex rel. Oscar Walden, Jr. v. Pate
  350 F.2d 240· 7th Cir.· 1965-07-27 ·cited 20×
  The exclusionary rule announced in Escobedo v. Illinois is not to be applied retrospectively.
• Edwards v. Holman
  342 F.2d 679· 5th Cir.· 1965-02-09 ·cited 20×
• United States ex rel. Joseph Corbo v. la Vallee
  270 F.2d 513· 2d Cir.· 1959-09-29 ·cited 20×
  The court held that statements made by a defendant during a lengthy detention, after being denied counsel and witnessing the brutal treatment of a co-defendant, were coerced and thus involuntary, violating due process.
• Burns v. Lovett
  202 F.2d 335· D.C. Cir.· 1952-07-31 ·cited 20×
  Habeas corpus is not available to review courts-martial decisions unless there has been a gross violation of constitutional rights that affects the tribunal's basic power to render judgment.
• Hurst v. United States
  180 F.2d 835· 10th Cir.· 1950-02-17 ·cited 19×
  The court held that the trial court's finding that the appellant's guilty pleas were freely, intelligently, and voluntarily entered was amply supported by the evidence.
• Weidner v. Thieret
  866 F.2d 958· 7th Cir.· 1989-01-31 ·cited 18×
• Miller v. Fenton
  741 F.2d 1456· 3d Cir.· 1984-08-17 ·cited 18×
  The court held that the majority erred in treating the voluntariness of a confession as a question of fact, thereby deferring to state court findings, when Supreme Court precedent establishes it as a mixed question of law and fact requiring independent federal review.
• In re James Frederick Weir. United States v. Weir
  520 F.2d 662· 9th Cir.· 1975-07-18 ·cited 18×
  The court adhered to its prior decision, finding the refusal to answer grand jury questions unjustified despite claims of coerced confession.
• United States ex rel. Donald Howard Montgomery v. Brierley
  414 F.2d 552· 3d Cir.· 1969-08-06 ·cited 18×
  The court held that the district court must determine if all claims were raised in state courts and, if so, conduct evidentiary hearings on exhaustion, relief, and waiver of confession challenge.
• MacKey v. United States
  411 F.2d 504· 7th Cir.· 1969-06-04 ·cited 18×
  Conviction for income tax evasion will not be set aside on collateral attack based on subsequent Supreme Court rulings that federal gambling tax returns, admitted at trial without objection on self-incrimination grounds, were unconstitutionally compelled.
• Reed v. Henderson
  385 F.2d 995· 6th Cir.· 1967-11-28 ·cited 18×
  The court held that a voluntary guilty plea entered with the advice of competent counsel waives all non-jurisdictional defects, and the appellant's claims did not demonstrate a miscarriage of justice.
• Smiley v. Wilson
  378 F.2d 144· 9th Cir.· 1967-04-11 ·cited 18×
  The court held that the petitioner's allegations, even if proven, did not establish a violation of federal constitutional rights sufficient to warrant a federal hearing on his habeas corpus petition.
• Gladden v. Holland
  366 F.2d 580· 9th Cir.· 1966-08-29 ·cited 18×
  The court held that a guilty plea entered shortly after a coerced confession, without substantial removal of coercive conditions, is invalid under the Due Process Clause.
• White v. Pepersack
  352 F.2d 470· 4th Cir.· 1965-11-01 ·cited 18×
  A defendant's trial testimony admitting the homicide does not foreclose a collateral attack on the conviction based on prior constitutional violations, such as unlawful search or coerced confession.
• Burwell v. Harley O. Teets
  245 F.2d 154· 9th Cir.· 1957-05-03 ·cited 18×
  The court found no constitutional rights of the defendants were violated and that the trial was fair and impartial.