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Ward v. Texas, 316 U.S. 547 (1942)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Ward v. Texas, 316 U.S. 547 (1942)
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Ward v. Texas No. 974 Argued May 6, 1942 Decided June 1, 1942 316 U.S. 547
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS
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1. The use in a prosecution for murder of a confession obtained by officers of the law by coercing the accused is forbidden by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. P. 555.
2. The evidence shows that law enforcement officer, acting beyond their authority and in violation of state law, arrested without a warrant an ignorant Negro, accused of murder, and took him by night and day to strange towns in several counties, incarcerated him in several jails, and by these means and by persistent questioning, coerced him to confess. The use of the confession at the trial voids the conviction. Pp. 550, 555.
158 S.W.2d 516 reversed.
Certiorari, post, p. 653, to review a judgment affirming a sentence. The conviction was of murder without malice, and the punishment assessed was confinement for three years in the state penitentiary.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Ward v. Texas, 316 U.S. 547 (1942) in 316 U.S. 547 Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VJZE587YUX42FWP.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Ward v. Texas, 316 U.S. 547 (1942), in 316 U.S. 547, Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VJZE587YUX42FWP.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Ward v. Texas, 316 U.S. 547 (1942). cited in 1942, 316 U.S. 547. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VJZE587YUX42FWP.
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