Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Martin v. Wainwright
93 L. Ed. 2d 281
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1986-10-14
- Topic
- general
improper admission of first confession was harmless error when a lawful confession was later admitted at trial | improper admission of first confession was harmless error when a lawful confession was later admitted at trial | right to cut off questioning not “scrupulously honored” when questioning was continued after suspect said “Can’t we wait until tomorrow;” voluntary confession obtained later that day held inadmissible. | right to cut off questioning not "scrupulously honored" when questioning was continued after suspect said "Can't we wait until tomorrow;" voluntary confession obtained later that day held inadmissible. | "we reject the notion that either Ake or the due process clause requires the appointment of an expert who would reach a conclusion favorable to the defendant” | statements made after accused had been read and had waived his Miranda rights and after he had made an equivocal invocation of his right to cut off questioning held inadmissible | right to silence invoked when suspect declined to make statement | right to silence invoked when suspect declined to make statement | no second warning required for defendant making confessions seven days apart
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- Cited by
- 37 opinions
C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.
Justice Blackmun would grant the petition for writ of certiorari limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.