United States v. Gordon

construing Douglas v. California as imposing on a state “a duty to warn every person convicted of a crime of his right to appeal.. .the right to appeal at the expense of the state is a mere Alusión if the convicted indigent defendant does not know such a right exists.” | testimony at presentence hearing relating to an inadmissible confession of guilt, to the extent that it is prejudicial, requires re-sentencing | evidence excluded from sentencing consideration when search conducted without a warrant was "blatantly illegal," and court found that police needed to be deterred from making illegal searches under circumstances involved | evidence excluded from sentencing consideration when search conducted without a warrant was “blatantly illegal,” and court found that police needed to be deterred from making illegal searches under circumstances involved | evidence excluded from sentencing consideration when search was conducted without a warrant, was “blatantly illegal,” and the court found that the police needed to be deterred from making illegal searches under the circumstances involved | ignorant, low IQ defendant not advised of rights; confession not involuntary because his prior experiences with police and obstreperous behavior in custody demonstrated he was not cowed by situation