Chavez v. Martinez

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2003-05-27

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Justice Stevens, concurring in part and dissenting in part. As a matter of fact, the interrogation of respondent was the functional equivalent of an attempt to obtain an involuntary confession from a prisoner by torturous methods. As *784 a matter of law, that type of brutal police conduct constitutes an immediate deprivat…

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