Lyons v. Oklahoma
1944 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"W. D. Lyons" redirects here. For the Canadian politician, see William Durie Lyon.
Lyons v. Oklahoma, 322 U.S. 596 (1944), was a United States Supreme Court case about the beatings and subsequent coerced confessions of William Douglas Lyons, a man convicted of a triple murder in Oklahoma.[1] His attorneys included Thurgood Marshall.[2]
Quick Facts Lyons v. Oklahoma, Argued April 26, 1944 Decided June 5, 1944 ...
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Argued April 26, 1944 Decided June 5, 1944 | |
Full case name | Lyons v. Oklahoma |
Citations | 322 U.S. 596 (more) 64 S. Ct. 1208; 88 L. Ed. 1481 |
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The jury's decisions that the effects of the police's violent coercion of the first confession had dissipated prior to his second confession and that the latter was voluntary, and the subsequent conviction, did not violate due process or the defendant's Fourteenth Amendment rights.. | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Reed, joined by Stone, Roberts, Frankfurter, Jackson |
Concurrence | Douglas |
Dissent | Murphy, joined by Black |
Dissent | Rutledge |
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