Ziang Sung Wan v. United States

Ziang Sung Wan v. United States
Ziang Sung Wan v. United States
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 7–8, 1924; Decided October 13, 1924
Full case name	Ziang Sung Wan v. United States
Citations	266 U.S. 1 (more) 45 S. Ct. 1; 69 L. Ed. 131
Holding
	Confessions must be factually voluntary. Compelled confessions are inadmissible in court.
Court membership
	Chief Justice William H. Taft Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr.; Willis Van Devanter · James C. McReynolds; Louis Brandeis · George Sutherland; Pierce Butler · Edward T. Sanford
Case opinion
Majority	Brandeis, joined by unanimous court

Ziang Sung Wan v. United States, 266 U.S. 1 (1924), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning the admissibility of a confession in a 1919 triple homicide case. Scott Seligman, writing for the Smithsonian, referred to the case as having "laid the groundwork for Americans’ right to remain silent".[1]

References

Seligman, Scott (April 30, 2018). "The Triple Homicide in D.C. That Laid the Groundwork for Americans' Right to Remain Silent". Smithsonian.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

External links

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[Smith18-1] Seligman, Scott (April 30, 2018). "The Triple Homicide in D.C. That Laid the Groundwork for Americans' Right to Remain Silent". Smithsonian.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.