1967 United States Supreme Court case
| Beecher v. Alabama | |
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 Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Decided October 23, 1967 | |
| Full case name | Beecher v. Alabama |
| Citations | 389 U.S. 35 (more) |
| Holding | |
| Eliciting a confession from a suspect while he was under the influence of morphine and recovering from a gunshot wound violated the Due Process Clause. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Per curiam | |
| Concurrence | Black |
| Concurrence | Brennan, joined by Warren, Douglas |
Beecher v. Alabama, 389 U.S. 35 (1967), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that eliciting a confession from a suspect while he was under the influence of morphine and recovering from a gunshot wound violated the Due Process Clause.
Description
Although the decision was unanimous and unsigned, the four concurring justices disagreed with describing this as a violation of the Due Process Clause. The four would have described it as a violation of the Fifth Amendment's self-incrimination protections, which had recently been incorporated against the states in Malloy v. Hogan.
References
- Beecher v. Alabama, 389 U.S. 35 (1967)
- ^ Stephens, Jr., Otis H. (1973). The Supreme Court and Confessions of Guilt. pp. 149–150.
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