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PARKER v. NORTH CAROLINA

No. 268.

397 U.S. 790 (1970)

90 S.Ct. 1474

25 L.Ed.2d 785

PARKER v. NORTH CAROLINA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 4, 1970

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman B. Smith argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Larry B. Sitton.

Jacob L. Safron argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Robert Morgan, Attorney General of North Carolina, and Andrew A. Vanore, Jr.

Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, Michael Meltsner, Norman C. Amaker, Charles Stephen Ralston, and Anthony G. Amsterdam filed a brief for Albert Bobby Childs et al. as amici curiae.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

At about 11 p. m. on July 16, 1964, petitioner was arrested after entering the yard of a home where a burglary and rape had been committed four days earlier. Petitioner, a Negro boy then 15 years old, was taken to the police station and was questioned for one or two hours. After the questioning, petitioner was placed alone in a dimly lit cell for the remainder of the night. Although petitioner refused to give even...

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