Brown v. Mississippi
1936 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brown v. Mississippi, 297 U.S. 278 (1936), was a United States Supreme Court case that ruled that a defendant's involuntary confession that is extracted by the use of force on the part of law enforcement cannot be entered as evidence and violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Quick Facts Brown v. Mississippi, Argued January 10, 1936 Decided February 17, 1936 ...
Brown v. Mississippi | |
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Argued January 10, 1936 Decided February 17, 1936 | |
Full case name | Brown, et al. v. State of Mississippi |
Citations | 297 U.S. 278 (more) 56 S. Ct. 461; 80 L. Ed. 682 |
Case history | |
Prior | Brown v. State, 173 Miss. 542, 161 So. 465, 158 So. 339 (1935); cert. granted, 296 U.S. 559 (1935). |
Holding | |
A confession extracted through police brutality cannot be entered as evidence and violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Hughes, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
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