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High Court Rules Confessions Need No Reasonable Doubt Test
The Supreme Court ruled 4 to 3 that a confession may be admitted without a beyond a reasonable doubt determination. The decision, in Don Richard Lego’s appeal, allows proof of voluntariness by a preponderance. Justice White wrote for the majority. Brennan, Douglas, and Marshall dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Don Richard Lego
Illinois
Lego
Byron R. White
Warren E. Burger
Potter Stewart
Harry A. Blackmun
William J. Brennan
Brennan
William C. Douglas
Thurgood Marshall