Hutto v. Ross

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Hutto v. Ross, 429 U.S. 28 (1976) (per curiam)
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Supreme Court of the United States

429 U.S. 28

HUTTO, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION COMMISSIONER  v.  ROSS

On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

No. 75-1726. --- Decided: Nov. 1, 1976 

Respondent's confession to a crime was not per se inadmissible at his criminal trial as being involuntary merely because it was made as a result of an agreed-upon but unexecuted plea bargain that did not call for such a confession. Where the confession does not appear to have been the result of "'any direct or implied promises'" or any coercion on the prosecution's part, it was not involuntary.

Certiorari granted; 531 F.2d 924, reversed and remanded.


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