Anderson v. United States

Anderson v. United States, 318 U.S. 350 (1943), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the violation of state law rendered the confession evidence inadmissible. If there is a "working arrangement" where state officials will violate the rights of the accused and federal officials will charge them federally, the fact that the federal officers did not personally violate the law is immaterial to a confession's admissibility.[1]

Anderson v. United States
Decided March 1, 1943
Full case nameAnderson v. United States
Citations318 U.S. 350 (more)
Holding
The violation of state law rendered the confession evidence inadmissible. If there is a "working arrangement" where state officials will violate the rights of the accused and federal officials will charge them federally, the fact that the federal officers did not personally violate the law is immaterial to a confession's admissibility.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Harlan F. Stone
Associate Justices
Owen Roberts · Hugo Black
Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy
Robert H. Jackson · Wiley B. Rutledge
Case opinions
MajorityFrankfurter
DissentReed
Jackson, Rutledge took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Lone dissenter

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Justice Stanley F. Reed was the only dissenter, but he did not write a separate opinion. For context, Reed was also the only dissenter in the earlier case, McNabb v. United States, where he objected strenuously to the idea that the courts should exercise supervisory authority over the police in this way. He expressed concern that technical requirements would result in criminals escaping punishment.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Anderson v. United States, 318 U.S. 350 (1943)
  2. ^ Stephens, Jr., Otis H. (1973). The Supreme Court and Confessions of Guilt. p. 67.
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