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LEGO v. TWOMEY

No. 70-5037.

404 U.S. 477 (1972)

92 S.Ct. 619

30 L.Ed.2d 618

LEGO v. TWOMEY, WARDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 12, 1972

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Lewin, by appointment of the Court, 402 U.S. 928, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

James B. Zagel, Assistant Attorney General of Illinois, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were William J. Scott, Attorney General, Joel M. Flaum, First Assistant Attorney General, and Warren K. Smoot, Assistant Attorney General.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1964 this Court held that a criminal defendant who challenges the voluntariness of a confession made to officials and sought to be used against him at his trial has a due process right to a reliable determination that the confession was in fact voluntarily given and not the outcome of coercion which the Constitution forbids. Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368. While...

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