White v. Texas, 310 U.S. 530 (1940)

Name: White v. Texas, 310 U.S. 530 (1940) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

White v. Texas

No. 87

Argued May 20, 1940
Decided May 27, 1940
310 U.S. 530

CERTIORARI TO THE COURT

OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS

Syllabus

1. Use in a state court of a coerced confession in procuring a conviction of a capital crime violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. P. 531.

2. The evidence shows that the confession used in the trial of this case was coerced. P. 532.

Petition denied.

On a petition by the Texas for the rehearing of a case adjudged March 25, 1940, 309 U.S. 631, reversing a death sentence upon a conviction of rape.

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