Wood v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit · Decided 1942-03-09

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RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice. Defendants, now appellants, were convicted of robbery. Pleas of guilty, allegedly made at the preliminary hearing in the Police Court, were admitted in evidence against them. The only question is whether this was proper. The Government says admissibility is governed solely by the law of voluntary or extrajudicial ■ confessions, the pleas were freely…

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