WATTS V. INDIANA
338 U.S. 49 (1949)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This is an appeal from a murder conviction.
FACTS: Watts (D) was arrested and held as a suspect for a murder during the course of a
criminal assault. After being questioned, D was released. The police found a body later that
day and arrested D again. D was questioned in relays for 3 1/2 hours. For the next four or
five days, D was interrogated for stretches up to 9 1/2 hours a day. D was kept in solitary
confinement and was denied food and sleep. The solitary confinement had no place to sit or
sleep except on the floor, and D was interrogated by relays of police officers, usually
until long past midnight. D was denied both a preliminary hearing and the opportunity to
confer with counsel. After seven days of continuous interrogation, D finally made an
incriminating statement, and the prosecutor discovered an incriminating document. D claimed
that his confession was procured under circumstances that denied him due process of law.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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