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Reck Vs. Pate

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 12, 1961

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  6. U.S. 433 (1961) U.S. Supreme Court Reck v. Pate
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  7. U.S. 433 (1961) Reck v. Pate
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  8. was sentenced to prison for a term of 199 years. The conviction was affirmed by the Illinois Supreme Court, People v. Reck
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  9. Court of Illinois affirmed the Criminal Court's finding that due process had not been violated at Reck's trial. Reck v. People
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  10. Reck v. Illinois
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  11. of an involuntary confession is one which it is the ultimate responsibility of this Court to determine. See Malinski v. New
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  12. Thomas v. Arizona
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  13. See Thomas v. Arizona
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  14. Stein v. New
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  15. S. 206 . The question in each case is whether a defendant's will was overborne at the time he confessed. Chambers v. Florida
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  16. In resolving the issue, all the circumstances attendant upon the confession must be taken into account. See Fikes v. Alabama
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  17. U. S. 143 , 322 U. S. 154 . It is true that this case lacks the physical brutality present in Brown v. Mississippi
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  18. U. S. 278 , the threat of mob violence apparent in Payne v. Arkansas
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  19. U. S. 560 , the thirty-six hours of consecutive questioning found in Ashcraft v. Tennessee
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  20. U. S. 143 , the threats against defendant's family used in Harris v. South
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  21. Carolina, 338 U. S. 68 , or the deception employed in Spano v. New
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  22. York, 360 U. S. 315 , and Leyra v. Denno
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  23. U. S. 556 . Nor was Reck's mentality apparently so irrational as that of the petitioner in Blackburn v. Alabama
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  24. it impossible to equate his powers of resistance to overbearing police tactics with those of the defendants in Stein v. New
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  25. York, 346 U. S. 156 , or Lisenba v. California
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  26. in most, requires more than a mere color-matching of cases, it is not inappropriate to compare this case with Turner v. Pennsylvania
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  27. of coercive circumstances far more aggravated than those which dictated our decision in Turner. See also Johnson v. Pennsylvania
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  28. and consistent with this opinion, allowing the State a reasonable time in which to retry the petitioner. Cf. Rogers v. Richmond
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  29. which has the power to compel testimony, subject to the limitations of relevance and privilege. See United States v. Bufalino
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  30. nine years later, when he sought a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Illinois. It was denied by opinion. People v. Reck
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  31. Ill. 311, 64 N.E.2d 526 (1946). This Court denied certiorari. Reck v. Illinois
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  32. denied after a full hearing by the trial court, and the Illinois Supreme Court affirmed by a unanimous opinion. Reck v. People
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  33. in the murder -- he confessed. There was no evidence of physical brutality, no request for counsel, nor, unlike Turner v. Pennsylvania
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  34. the keystone of its rationale, the Court properly sets to one side the cases involving physical brutality, e.g., Brown v. Mississippi
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  35. Nor can Reck be classified as a mental defective, as was the case in Blackburn v. Alabama
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  36. U. S. 199 (1960). The Court relies heavily on Turner v. Pennsylvania
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  37. has not been here inadequately tested by a standard which refuses to take account of relevant factors. Cf. Rogers v. Richmond
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  38. undesirable results, and with whose conclusions, this Court may not so lightly disagree. Similarly, in Fikes v. Alabama
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  39. quoting from Mr. Justice Jackson's opinion for the Court in Stein v. New
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  40. E.g., Payne v. Arkansas
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  41. Harris v. South
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  42. Spano v. New
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  43. U.S. Supreme Court Reck v. Pate
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  44. the Illinois Supreme Court, People v. Reck
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  45. Reck v. People
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  46. See Malinski v. New
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  47. Chambers v. Florida
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  48. See Fikes v. Alabama
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  49. Brown v. Mississippi
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  50. and Leyra v. Denno
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