SWEAT v. ARKANSAS

No. 84-49.

469 U.S. 1172 (1985)

SWEAT ET AL. v. ARKANSAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 14, 1985.


Certiorari denied.

JUSTICE BRENNAN, with whom JUSTICE MARSHALL joins, dissenting.

After the State of Arkansas had initiated formal criminal proceedings against the petitioners Russell and Richard ("Bud") Sweat, a state undercover agent contacted the Sweats and, in a series of telephone conversations and face-to-face meetings, deliberately elicited incriminating statements from them. Because the Sweats' right to counsel had accrued when formal criminal proceedings...

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