Brown v. Mississippi, 297 U.S. 278 (1936)

Name: Brown v. Mississippi, 297 U.S. 278 (1936) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

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Brown v. Mississippi

No. 301

Argued January 10, 1936
Decided February 17, 1936
297 U.S. 278

CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI

Syllabus

Convictions of murder which rest solely upon confessions shown to have been extorted by officers of the State by torture of the accused are void under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Pp. 279, 285. 173 Miss. 542, 158 So. 339; 161 So. 465, reversed.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Brown v. Mississippi, 297 U.S. 278 (1936) in 297 U.S. 278 297 U.S. 279. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=N97ISV9JA2LBLAA.

MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Brown v. Mississippi, 297 U.S. 278 (1936), in 297 U.S. 278, page 297 U.S. 279. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=N97ISV9JA2LBLAA.

Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Brown v. Mississippi, 297 U.S. 278 (1936). cited in 1936, 297 U.S. 278, pp.297 U.S. 279. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=N97ISV9JA2LBLAA.