Interrogation | Facts: The suspect confessed to murder, was convicted by this and other evidence in this case showed that Payne, a mentally dull 19 yo youth, (a) was arrested without a warrant; (b) was denied a hearing before a magistrate , at which he would have been advised of his right to remain silent and of his right to counsel, as required by Arkansas statutes; (c) was not advised of his right to counsel; (d) was held incommunicado for 3 days, without counsel, adviser, or friend, during which time his family members even one telephone call; (e) was denied food for long periods; and, finally, (f) was told by the chief of police that there would be 30-40 people there in a few minutes that wanted to get him" | Issue: Did the acts and statements of the police deprive the suspect of due process of the law? | Decision: The use in a state criminal trial of a defendant's confession obtained by coercion--whether physical or mental--is forbidden by the Fourteenth Amendment."

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1. Interrogation | Facts: The suspect confessed to murder, was convicted by this and other evidence in this case showed that Payne, a mentally dull 19 yo youth, (a) was arrested without a warrant; (b) was denied a hearing before a magistrate , at which he would have been advised of his right to remain silent and of his right to counsel, as required by Arkansas statutes; (c) was not advised of his right to counsel; (d) was held incommunicado for 3 days, without counsel, adviser, or friend, during which time his family members even one telephone call; (e) was denied food for long periods; and, finally, (f) was told by the chief of police that there would be 30-40 people there in a few minutes that wanted to get him" | Issue: Did the acts and statements of the police deprive the suspect of due process of the law? | Decision: The use in a state criminal trial of a defendant's confession obtained by coercion--whether physical or mental--is forbidden by the Fourteenth Amendment."