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CLEWIS v. TEXAS

No. 648.

386 U.S. 707 (1967)

87 S.Ct. 1338

18 L.Ed.2d 423

CLEWIS v. TEXAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 24, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reagan H. Legg, by appointment of the Court, 385 U.S. 944, argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

Gilbert J. Pena, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Crawford C. Martin, Attorney General, George M. Cowden, First Assistant Attorney General, R. L. Lattimore, Assistant Attorney General, and A. J. Carubbi, Jr.

MR. JUSTICE FORTAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner, Marvin Peterson Clewis, stands convicted of the murder, by strangulation, of his wife, Dorothy Mae Clewis. The jury which found him guilty imposed a sentence of 25 years' imprisonment. During the course of his trial, petitioner moved to exclude from evidence three statements he had made while in police custody. Petitioner claimed that these statements had not been voluntarily made, and that their use...

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