Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Dickinson v. Bridges

Dickinson v. Bridges, 404 U.S. 837 (1971)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1971-10-12
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • "here, the promise was solicited by the accused, freely and voluntarily, so they cannot be heard to say that in accepting the promise they were the victims of compelling influences."
  • confessions of defendants were made as part of a deal in which certain felony charges pending against them in another State were dismissed, where the initial proposal for the deal came from defendants

Citator

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.