Chambers v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1940-02-12

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Mr. Justice Black delivered' the opinion of the Court. The grave question presented by the petition for cer-tiorari, granted in forma pauperis, 1 is whether proceedings in which confessions, were utilized, and which culminated in sentences of death upon four young negro men in the State of Florida,…

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