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BROWN v. MISSISSIPPI Case Brief
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Case Brief Summary & Legal Analysis
tl;dr: Defendants were convicted of murder based solely on confessions obtained through brutal torture by state officials. The Supreme Court reversed the convictions, holding that the use of physically coerced confessions in a state trial violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
Legal Significance: This landmark case established that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits state courts from using physically coerced confessions as evidence, marking the first time the federal constitution was used to regulate state police interrogation methods and the admissibility of confessions.
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Case Facts & Court Holding
Key Facts & Case Background
Three Black defendants were indicted for the murder of a white man in Mississippi. Following the crime, one defendant was repeatedly hanged from a tree and whipped by a deputy sheriff and a mob until he agreed to confess. The other two defendants were taken to jail, stripped, and severely beaten with a buckled leather strap by the same deputy until they confessed in the exact manner demanded by their torturers. The confessions were the sole evidence presented by the prosecution to secure a conviction. At trial, the defendants testified to the torture, and the deputy admitted to the whippings. The trial court nonetheless admitted the confessions, and the defendants were convicted and sentenced to death. The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed the convictions, reasoning that the failure of defense counsel to make a second motion to exclude the confessions after the evidence of coercion was presented waived the objection, and that immunity from self-incrimination was not a right protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.
Court Holding & Legal Precedent
Issue: Does a state’s use of confessions, which were extorted from defendants through torture by state officials, as the sole basis for a conviction violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
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Legal Issue
Does a state’s use of confessions, which were extorted from defendants through torture by state officials, as the sole basis for a conviction violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
Conclusion
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Legal Rule
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Legal Analysis
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- Convictions resting solely on confessions extorted by state officers through brutality