Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court. Camilo Leyra, age 75, and his wife, age 80, were found dead in their Brooklyn apartment. Several days later petitioner, their son, age 50, was indicted in a state court *557 charged with having murdered them with a hammer. He was convicted and sentenced to death, chiefly on several alleged confession…
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