Rideau v. Louisiana

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1963-06-03

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Mr. Justice Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court. On. the evening of February 16, 1961, a man robbed a bank in Lake Charles, Louisiana, kidnapped three of the *724 bank’s employees, and killed one of them. A few hours later the petitioner, Wilbert Rideau, was apprehended by the police and lodged in the Calcasieu Parish jail in Lake Charles. The ne…

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