townsend sain argued february decided march jury trial state petitioner convicted murder sentenced death exhausting state remedies petitioned federal district writ habeas corpus claiming conviction violated fourteenth amendment admission evidence confession obtained influence drugs including truth serum administered police physician although evidence conflicting state filed opinion conclusions law findings fact respondents conceded district dispute existed whether drug administered petitioner truth serum effects whether facts bearing questions concealed hearing admissibility confession nevertheless district denied petitioner opportunity call witnesses produce evidence support allegations dismissed petition ground satisfied records decision state holding confession given freely voluntarily correct denial federal due process law appeals affirmed held record case district erred denying writ habeas corpus without plenary evidentiary hearing pp petition habeas corpus alleged deprivation constitutional rights petitioner confession constitutionally inadmissible adduced police questioning period petitioner overborne drug properties truth serum pp application state prisoner federal writ habeas corpus alleges facts proved entitle relief federal application made power receive evidence try facts anew pp facts dispute federal district must grant evidentiary hearing merits factual dispute resolved state hearing either time trial collateral proceeding state factual determination fairly supported record whole procedure employed state adequate afford full fair hearing substantial allegation newly discovered evidence material facts adequately developed hearing reason appears state trier fact afford applicant full fair fact hearing pp state trier fact made express findings district must hold evidentiary hearing state decide issues fact tendered state applied incorrect standard constitutional law reason district unable reconstruct relevant findings state trier fact pp federal district must carefully scrutinize record order determine whether factual determinations state fairly supported record even relevant facts presented hearing federal judge duty disregard state findings take evidence anew procedure employed state appears seriously inadequate ascertainment truth newly discovered evidence reasonably presented state alleged federal must grant evidentiary hearing unless allegation newly discovered evidence irrelevant frivolous incredible reason attributable inexcusable neglect applicant evidence crucial adequate consideration constitutional claim developed state hearing federal must grant evidentiary hearing duty try facts anew exists every case state full hearing reliably found relevant facts pp cases material facts dispute holding evidentiary hearing discretion federal district judge state reliably found relevant facts federal district judge may defer state findings fact may defer state findings law district sitting habeas corpus power compel production complete record hold evidentiary hearing forthwith without compelling production pp rests largely federal district judges give practical form principles make proper accommodation competing factors involved case appeals erred holding habeas corpus district inquiry limited study undisputed portions record pp circumstances case district judge held evidentiary hearing reconstruct relevant findings state trier fact characterization drug administered truth serum brought hearing pp record competent evidence district hearing either petitioner state may rely solely upon evidence contained record george leighton reargued cause filed brief petitioner edward hladis reargued cause respondents brief daniel ward chief justice warren delivered opinion case present posture raising questions right plenary hearing federal habeas corpus comes us tangle prior proceedings petitioner charles townsend tried jury murder criminal cook county illinois trial petitioner counsel public defender objected introduction confession ground product coercion hearing held outside presence jury trial judge denied motion suppress later admitted confession evidence evidence relating issue voluntariness introduced jury charge permitted disregard confession found involuntary illinois law admissibility confession determined solely trial judge question voluntariness bears issue credibility may also presented jury see people schwartz people roach jury found petitioner guilty affixed death penalty verdict illinois affirmed conviction two justices dissenting people townsend denied writ certiorari petitioner next sought collateral relief illinois state courts cook county criminal dismissed petition without holding evidentiary hearing illinois order affirmed holding issue coercion res judicata denied certiorari issue coercion pressed stages proceedings thoroughly exhausted state remedies townsend petitioned habeas corpus district northern district illinois considering pleadings filed course proceeding opinion illinois rendered direct appeal denied writ appeals seventh circuit dismissed appeal however granted petition certiorari vacated judgment remanded decision whether light record plenary hearing required remand district held hearing dismissed petition finding justice served ordering full hearing awarding relief sought petitioner judge stated satisfied records decision state courts holding challenged confession freely voluntarily given petitioner correct denial federal due process law appeal appeals concluded habeas corpus district inquiry limited study undisputed portions record undisputed portions record showed deprivation constitutional rights granted certiorari determine whether courts correctly determined applied standards governing hearings federal habeas corpus case first argued october term two justices unable participate decision subsequently ordered reargued us decision undisputed evidence adduced hearing motion suppress showed following petitioner arrested chicago police shortly new year day received information one campbell custody robbery petitioner connected robbery murder jack boone chicago victim case townsend years old time confirmed heroin addict user narcotics since age influence dose heroin administered approximately one hours arrest practice take injections three five hours apart petitioner taken second district police station shortly arrival questioned period variously fixed two hours period denied committing crimes thereafter taken district station remained without questioned evening time returned second district station placed several men viewed one anagnost victim another robbery anagnost identified another man rather petitioner assailant scuffle ensued details disputed petitioner police following incident petitioner subjected questioning interrogated less regularly police officers time assistant state attorney arrived time shortly nine arrival state attorney petitioner complained officer cagney pains stomach suffering withdrawal symptoms wanted doctor need dose narcotics petitioner clutched convulsively stomach number times cagney aware petitioner narcotic addict telephoned police physician dispute state attorney prosecution witnesses whether questioning continued doctor arrived cagney testified state attorney contrary event withdrawal symptoms commenced appears petitioner unresponsive questioning doctor appeared presence officer cagney gave townsend combined dosage injection phenobarbital hyoscine hyoscine scopolamine claimed petitioner proceeding properties truth serum doctor also left petitioner four five tablets phenobarbital townsend told take two evening remainder following day doctor testified medications given petitioner purpose alleviating withdrawal symptoms police officers state attorney testified know doctor given petitioner doctor departed medication alleviated discomfort withdrawal symptoms petitioner promptly responded questioning events succeeding point time january testimony prosecution witnesses petitioner irreconcilably conflicts however purposes proceeding sides agree following occurred doctor left officer fitzgerald assistant state attorney joined officer cagney room petitioner questioned minutes went another room reporter took petitioner statements state attorney turned questioning boone case less nine minutes full confession transcribed questioning terminated petitioner returned cell following day saturday january petitioner taken office prosecutor assistant state attorney read petitioner signed transcriptions statements made night townsend experienced discomfort sunday evening doctor summoned gave petitioner tablets phenobarbital monday january townsend taken coroner inquest called witness stand state advised right testify confessed time inquest petitioner without counsel public defender appointed represent arraignment january petitioner testified motion suppress following version detention initially questioned second district police station period excess two hours upon return district anagnost robbery victim viewed identified another person assailant officer cagney accompanied anagnost hall told identified wrong person another officer entered room hit petitioner stomach stated petitioner knew robbed anagnost petitioner fell floor vomited water little blood officer cagney spoke townsend minutes later townsend told sick use drugs cagney offered call doctor petitioner cooperate tell truth boone murder five minutes later officer changed tack told petitioner thought innocent call doctor implying doctor give narcotic doctor gave petitioner injection arm five pills townsend took three immediately although felt better felt dizzy sleepy distance vision impaired anagnost brought room petitioner asked someone tell anagnost robbed petitioner admitted robbery next thing knew sitting desk fell asleep awakened handed pen signed name believing going released bond townsend taken cell later taken back room see lot lights flickering someone told hold head went minute petitioner taken back cell next morning petitioner head much clearer although really remember occurred following injection previous evening officer told petitioner confessed townsend taken room asked number robberies murders believe said yes hear well felt sleepy afternoon taken remainder phenobarbital pills taken office state attorney half asleep signed another paper although aware contents doctor gave six seven pills different color sunday evening took immediately kept awake night following monday morning took pills later day taken coroner inquest testified inquest officers told essentially prosecution witnesses contradicted testified petitioner questioned initially hour scuffled man identified anagnost officer vomited officers assistant state attorney also testified petitioner appeared awake coherent throughout evening january relevant times thereafter taken pills given doctor evening stated petitioner appeared follow statement signed read state attorney office finally denied threats promises sort made townsend told testify coroner inquest stated counsel provided inquest considerable testimony motion suppress concerning probable effects hyoscine phenobarbital mansfield prescribed petitioner evening first confessed testified prosecution stated full therapeutic dose hyoscine grain gave townsend grain phenobarbital reacts well combined hyoscine want quiet person combination pacify effect mind dosage administered put person sleep cause amnesia impairment eyesight mental condition doctor denied administered truth serum however disclose hyoscine scopolamine latter familiarly known truth serum petitioner expert doctor physiology pharmacology toxicology formerly senior toxicological chemist cook county time trial professor pharmacology chemotherapy toxicology loyola university school medicine testified effect injection upon hypothetical subject obviously petitioner expert stated effect prescribed dosage hyoscine upon subject assumed narcotic addict nature range absolute sleep drowsiness one extreme extreme incorporate complete disorientation excitation assuming subject took phenobarbital injection orally time expert stated depressive effect accentuated expert testified subject suffer partial total amnesia five eight hours loss near vision four six hours trial judge summarily denied motion suppress later admitted reporter transcription confession evidence made findings fact wrote opinion stating grounds decision thereafter purpose testing credibility confession evidence relating coercion placed jury time additional noteworthy testimony elicited identity hyoscine scopolamine established mention drug properties truth serum made expert witness called prosecution testified townsend low intelligence near mental defective little moron townsend testified officers slapped several occasions threatened shoot finally officer corcoran testified friday evening doctor arrival townsend confessed boone assault robbery response question propounded officer cagney presence officers fitzgerald martin although corcoran cagney martin testified extensively motion suppress none mentioned confession furthermore townsend officer fitzgerald motion suppress flatly said statement made doctor arrived although three officers testified trial one asked corroborate phase corcoran testimony established homicide occurred december essentially evidence connected petitioner crime confession testimony campbell probation robbery pathologist performed autopsy boone campbell testified middle december seen townsend walking street vicinity murder brick hand unable fix exact date know boone murder time far testimony revealed reason suspect townsend done anything unlawful previous meeting pathologist testified death caused severe blow top boone head contrary statement opinion illinois direct appeal testimony wounds located manner inflicted blow house brick event characterized evidence meagre noted brought campbell informed defendant obtain release custody prior petitioner trial campbell placed probation robbery justice schaefer joined chief justice klingbiel dissent found campbell testimony inherently incredible theory petitioner application habeas corpus rest upon allegations physical coercion rather relied upon hitherto undisputed testimony alleged petitioner vomited water blood police station became ill withdrawal narcotics scopolamine truth serum fact brought motion suppress trial scopolamine either alone combined phenobarbital proper medication narcotic addict effect intravenous injection hyoscine phenobarbital produce physiological psychological condition adversely affecting mind psychic effect removes subject thus injected scope reality person treated removed contact environment able see feel properly loses proper use hearing sense perception ability withstand interrogation police doctor willfully suppressed information information identity hyoscine scopolamine knowledge things intention inject hyoscine purpose producing townsend physiological psychological state susceptible interrogation resulting confessions injection caused townsend confess evening january immediately injection scopolamine petitioner confessed three murders one robbery murder boone robbery anagnost although mention confessions trial confession anagnost robbery specifically testified initially answer respondents stated respondents admit factual allegations petition well pleaded deny petitioner held custody respondents violation constitution laws however course first argument district appeared respondents admitted nothing alleged petition merely took position petition face insufficient entitle townsend either hearing release course second argument remand respondents admitted allegations petition taken true petitioner entitled relief seeks townsend confessed least five crimes injection hyoscine respondents denied petitioner adversely influenced hyoscine administration extent confession obtained involuntarily hyoscine truth serum police surgeon prosecution concealed pertinent material relevant facts hyoscine improper medication circumstances despite respondents concession dispute facts existed district judge denied townsend opportunity call witnesses produce evidence support allegations dismissed petition granted recent petition certiorari requested respondents submit additional response directed certain allegations petition habeas corpus respondents submitted additional answer petition habeas corpus admitted townsend made confessions immediately injection drugs specifically admitted petitioner confessed robberies anagnost one joseph martin murders boone thomas johnson johnny stinson willis thompson additional answer revealed following additional information respecting townsend confessions crimes anagnost identified another person rather petitioner assailant thomas johnson death stated injury accident assistant state attorney even bother transcribe townsend statement respect thompson murder defendant recall details assault led death thompson coroner inquest deputy coroner noted townsend unable remember even committed crime officer cagney complained given credit despite circumstances made conviction anagnost robbery johnson thompson murders best remote possibility petitioner indicted crimes confessed however jury trial acquitted murder johnny stinson day sentenced death boone murder motion prosecutor indictments murders johnson thompson robberies anagnost martin dismissed although petition habeas corpus contains allegations constitute claim police doctor trial perjured heart townsend claim confession inadmissible simply caused injection hyoscine must first determine whether petitioner allegations proved establish right release numerous decisions established standards governing admissibility confessions evidence individual overborne confession product rational intellect free confession inadmissible coerced standards applicable whether confession product physical intimidation psychological pressure course equally applicable statement difficult imagine situation confession less product free intellect less voluntary brought drug effect truth serum significant drug may administered questions asked persons unfamiliar hyoscine properties truth serum properties exist questioning police officers fact produces confession product free intellect renders confession inadmissible usually stated test see stroble california confession petitioner made fact involuntary conviction stand blackburn alabama held irrelevant absence evidence improper purpose part questioning officers evidence indicated interrogating officers thought defendant sane confessed judged confession inadmissible probability defendant fact insane time thus conclude petition habeas corpus alleged deprivation constitutional rights remaining question us whether district required hold hearing ascertain facts necessary predicate decision ultimate constitutional question problem power duty federal judges habeas corpus hold evidentiary hearings try issues fact anew recurring one last dealt length brown allen opinions justices reed frankfurter speaking majority since touched upon granted certiorari term consider question ultimately disposed case immediate ground rogers richmond become apparent opinions brown allen supra provide answers aspects hearing problem lower federal courts reached widely divergent fact often irreconcilable results mean express opinion correctness particular decisions think appropriate time elaborate considerations properly govern grant denial evidentiary hearings federal habeas corpus proceedings ii broad considerations bearing upon proper interpretation power federal courts habeas corpus reviewed length opinion fay noia post need repeated pointed historic conception writ anchored ancient common law constitution efficacious imperative remedy detentions fundamental illegality remained constant present day pointed act february stat extending federal writ state prisoners described power federal courts take testimony determine facts de novo largest terms restated apparently understanding fay noia post hearing provisions act remain substantially unchanged present codification construing mandate congress plainly designed afford proceeding federal state prisoners aggrieved unconstitutional detentions consistently upheld power federal courts habeas corpus take evidence relevant claims detention since frank mangum recognized habeas corpus federal courts one convicted criminal offense proper procedure safeguard liberty persons within jurisdiction infringement violation constitution even though events alleged infringe appear upon face record conviction hawk olson brown allen numerous cases recognized rule otherwise whole history writ unique development refutes construction federal courts habeas corpus powers assimilate task courts appellate review function habeas different test way original civil proceeding independent normal channels review criminal judgments gravest allegations state prisoners entitled relief federal habeas corpus upon proving detention violates fundamental liberties person safeguarded state action federal constitution simply detention obtained intolerable opportunity redress presupposes opportunity heard argue present evidence must never totally foreclosed see frank mangum dissenting opinion justice holmes typical rare case constitutional claims turn upon resolution contested factual issues thus narrow view hearing power totally subvert congress specific aim passing act february affording state prisoners forum federal trial courts determination claims detention violation constitution language congress history writ decisions make clear power inquiry federal habeas corpus plenary therefore applicant writ habeas corpus alleges facts proved entitled relief federal application made power receive evidence try facts anew iii turn considerations certain cases may make exercise power mandatory appropriate standard must considered supersede extent inconsistencies opinions brown allen facts dispute federal habeas corpus must hold evidentiary hearing habeas applicant receive full fair evidentiary hearing state either time trial collateral proceeding words federal evidentiary hearing required unless trier fact full hearing reliably found relevant facts unwise overly particularize test federal district judges intimately familiar state criminal justice trial fact sound discretion must left large part administration federal habeas corpus experience proves general standard exceptional circumstances vital flaw tests opinions brown allen serve adequately explain controlling criteria guidance federal habeas corpus courts particularization may therefore useful hold federal must grant evidentiary hearing habeas applicant following circumstances merits factual dispute resolved state hearing state factual determination fairly supported record whole procedure employed state adequate afford full fair hearing substantial allegation newly discovered evidence material facts adequately developed hearing reason appears state trier fact afford habeas applicant full fair fact hearing even semblance full fair hearing unless state actually reached decided issues fact tendered defendant thus express findings fact made state district must initially determine whether state impliedly found material facts relevant findings made unless state decided constitutional claim tendered defendant merits relief denied prior state collateral proceedings hearing without opinion often likely decision based upon procedural issue claim collaterally cognizable merits hand prior state hearing occurred course original trial example motion suppress allegedly unlawful evidence instant case usually proper assume claim rejected merits state decided merits claim made express findings may still possible district reconstruct findings state trier fact either view facts plain opinion indicia cases impossible federal district compelled hold hearing reconstruction possible unclear whether state finder applied correct constitutional standards disposing claim circumstances district ascertain whether state found law facts adversely petitioner contentions since decision state trier fact may rest upon error law rather adverse determination facts hearing compelled ascertain facts course possibility legal error may eliminated many situations fact finder articulated constitutional standards applied furthermore coequal responsibilities state federal judges administration federal constitutional law think district judge may ordinary case articulation properly assume state trier fact applied correct standards federal law facts absence evidence present rogers richmond reason suspect incorrect standard fact applied thus methods obtaining confession alleged state refused exclude confession evidence district judge may assume state trier found facts petitioner law course methods necessarily produce coerced confession event even clear state trier fact utilized proper standard hearing sometimes required decision presents situation facts constitutional significance blended severed consideration rogers richmond supra see frank mangum supra holmes dissenting unless district judge reasonably certain state trier granted relief believed petitioner allegations sure state trier denying relief disbelieved allegations combination facts alleged prove violation constitutional rights issue law facts presents difficult novel problem decision hypothesis relevant factual determinations state trier involves purest speculation federal exclude possibility trial judge believed facts showed deprivation constitutional rights yet erroneously concluded relief denied circumstances impossible federal reconstruct facts hearing must held consistently held state factual determinations fairly supported record conclusive federal rights fiske kansas blackburn alabama fundamental liberties person claimed infringed carefully scrutinize record see blackburn alabama supra moore michigan duty federal district habeas less exacting however obligation federal district scrutinize findings fact goes farther even relevant facts presented hearing may procedure employed adequate reaching reasonably correct results state trial judge made serious procedural errors respecting claim pressed federal habeas things burden proof federal hearing required even procedure employed violate constitution appears seriously inadequate ascertainment truth federal judge duty disregard state findings take evidence anew course procedural errors grave require appropriate order directing habeas applicant release unless state grants new trial forthwith present concern errors although less serious nevertheless grave enough deprive state evidentiary hearing adequacy means finally determining facts upon constitutional rights depend newly discovered evidence alleged habeas application evidence reasonably presented state trier facts federal must grant evidentiary hearing course evidence must bear upon constitutionality applicant detention existence merely newly discovered evidence relevant guilt state prisoner ground relief federal habeas corpus also district judge obligation grant hearing upon frivolous incredible allegation newly discovered evidence conventional notion kind newly discovered evidence permit reopening judgment however respects limited provide complete guidance federal district judge habeas reason attributable inexcusable neglect petitioner see fay noia post part evidence crucial adequate consideration constitutional claim developed state hearing federal hearing compelled standard inexcusable default set fay noia adequately protects legitimate state interest orderly criminal procedure sanction needless piecemeal presentation constitutional claims form deliberate state procedures compare price johnston primary purpose habeas corpus proceeding make certain man unjustly imprisoned justifiable reason previously unable assert rights unaware significance relevant facts neither necessary reasonable deny opportunity obtaining judicial relief final category intentionally anticipate situations wherein hearing demanded province district judges first determine necessities accordance general rules duty try facts anew exists every case state full hearing reliably found relevant facts iv appropriate add observations concerning proper application test outlined first purpose test indicate situations holding evidentiary hearing mandatory cases material facts dispute holding hearing discretion district judge concludes habeas applicant afforded full fair hearing state resulting reliable findings may ordinarily accept facts found hearing need every case power constrained sound discretion receive evidence bearing upon applicant constitutional claim every reason confident federal district judges mindful delicate role maintenance proper relations abuse discretion fear hearing power used subvert integrity state criminal justice waste time federal courts trial frivolous claims second although district judge may state reliably found relevant facts defer state findings fact may defer findings law district judge duty apply applicable federal law state fact findings independently state conclusions law may given binding weight habeas settled brown allen supra opinion justice frankfurter third district sitting habeas corpus clearly power compel production complete record ordinarily record including transcript testimony unavailable adequate substitute narrative record pleadings opinions pertinent documents indispensable determining whether habeas applicant received full fair evidentiary hearing resulting reliable findings see ex rel jennings ragan townsend sain course record obtained district judge way determining whether full fair hearing resulted findings relevant fact vouchsafed must hold one also may cases convenient district judge hold evidentiary hearing forthwith rather compel production record clear power fourth rests largely federal district judges give practical form principles announced today aware promiscuous grant evidentiary hearings habeas swamp dockets district courts cause acute unnecessary friction state organs criminal justice limited use hearings allow many grave constitutional errors go forever uncorrected accommodation competing factors must made front line district judges conscious paramount responsibility area application foregoing principles particular litigation us difficult townsend received evidentiary hearing original trial confession held voluntary exhausted state remedies without receiving hearing turned federal district twice habeas corpus relief denied without evidentiary hearing appeal second denial appeals held habeas corpus district inquiry limited study undisputed portions record formulation error believe record also error refuse townsend evidentiary hearing district state trial judge rendered neither opinion conclusions law findings fact made charge jury setting forth constitutional standards governing admissibility confessions short indicia indicate whether trial judge applied proper standard federal law ruling upon admissibility confession illinois opinion rendered time direct appeal contains statements might indicate thought confession admissible satisfied coherency standard test confession admissible long accused capable making narrative past events stating participation crime indicated part opinion test proper one possibly state trial judge believed admissibility allegedly confessions judged coherency standard however even possibility eliminated ascertained correct standards law applied still unclear whether state trial judge excluded townsend confession involuntary believed evidence townsend presented motion suppress problem trial judge faced novel means without difficulty believe federal district conclude state trial judge admitted confession disbelieved evidence show involuntary believe findings fact state trier successfully reconstructed hold reason evidentiary hearing compelled furthermore crucial fact disclosed hearing substance injected townsend confessed properties may trigger statements legal sense involuntary fact vital whether confession product free therefore admissible sure medical testimony general properties hyoscine might inferred conclusion townsend power resistance debilitated crucially informative characterization drug characterization enabled judge jury mere laymen intelligently grasp nature substance inquiry inexplicably omitted medical experts testimony circumstances disclosure identity hyoscine truth serum indispensable fair rounded development material facts medical experts failure testify fully realistically regarded townsend inexcusable default see fay noia post part remand course sufficient district merely hear new evidence read record unresolved factual dispute exists demeanor evidence significant factor adjudging credibility questions credibility course basic resolution conflicts testimony sure record competent evidence either party may choose rely solely upon evidence contained record petitioner state must given opportunity present testimonial documentary evidence relevant disputed issues done deciding case mean prejudge truth allegations petition habeas corpus decide record federal district judge obliged hold hearing reversed remanded footnotes branion defense attorney please defense rests hearing branion defense rests anything state mcgovern state rests purpose hearing judge gentlemen deny motion suppress admit statement evidence proceed presentation evidence jury reck pate blackburn alabama course many relevant circumstances case district judge required consider determining whether injection scopolamine caused townsend confess among lack counsel time drug addiction fact near mental defective youth inexperience respondents dispute fact time second argument district respondents stated fact put bluntly shortly elaborate upon truth serum administered petitioner influenced truth serum gave involuntary confession upon conviction obtained unfortunately persons influence drugs suggestible may confess crimes committed false misleading answers may given especially questions improperly phrased example police officer asserted confident tone steal money suggestible suspect might easily give false affirmative answer macdonald truth serum crim make findings either medical properties scopolamine likely effect dosage administered townsend however whether scopolamine produces true confessions false confessions fact caused townsend make statements statements constitutionally inadmissible issues fact mean refer termed basic primary historical facts facts sense recital external events credibility narrators brown allen opinion justice frankfurter mixed questions fact law require application legal standard determinations facts sense see thomas arizona rogers richmond denial certiorari accompanying statement ex rel jennings ragen per curiam townsend sain per curiam vacating judgment authority jennings ragen supra see ex rel tillery cavell cir schlette people cir bolling smyth cir chavez dickson cir gay graham cir ex rel rogers richmond cir cert denied accompanying statement ex rel alvarez murphy cir tyler pepersack cir cranor gonzales cir ex rel de vita mccorkle see also note habeas corpus developments since brown allen survey analysis nw rev comment federal habeas corpus review state convictions interplay appellate ambiguity district discretion yale announcing test mean imply state courts required hold hearings make findings satisfy standard hearings governed large extent state law existence exhaustion state remedies requirement announced ex parte royall codified lends support view federal hearing always required presupposes state adjudication constitutional issue aid federal sitting habeas corpus course rogers richmond new trial required trial judge jury finding facts guided erroneous standard law however situations statements trier fact create doubt whether correct standard applied situations district hearing determine constitutional issue necessary charge jury dealt issues credibility far confession concerned even accepting relevance instructions nothing charge jury show trial judge like think voluntariness conclusively established showing defendant coherent dissent fails say hearing required reason accepting hearing standards dissent seriously argued hearing compelled true state trial judge instructed jury disregard confession grounds credibility believed petitioner expert hardly indicates whether trial judge motion suppress disbelieved expert whether thought notwithstanding truth expert testimony confession voluntary appears suppression hearing disclosed hyoscine substance injected along phenobarbital townsend identical scopolamine neither disclosed scopolamine familiarly known truth serum later trial testimony hyoscine identical scopolamine scopolamine hyoscine truth serum cf justice goldberg concurring join opinion judgment add words way comment dissenting opinion brother stewart agree justice stewart instructions given jury trial judge issue credibility indicate application proper constitutional test measure voluntariness hence admissibility petitioner disputed confession boone murder view portions instructions excerpted brother stewart support anything contrary conclusion improper constitutionally impermissible standard utilized trial judge suppression hearing suggested brother stewart instructions taken evidence exclusionary standard applied trial judge ruling petitioner motion suppress reflect error constitutional dimension standard admissibility contained affirming opinion illinois appellate pointed opinion chief justice see ante pp appears adopted test coherency measure admissibility confession trial seemingly concluded inducement amnesia prerequisite disregard confession standards whether intended incorporate similar elements fail conform requisite test third paragraph instructions quoted brother stewart post advises jury might discount confession found administration drug caused petitioner lose memory suffer state amnesia period questioning unable control answers assert denying crime charged use conjunctive incorporate requirement loss control instruction indicates trial apparent view drug effect overbearing petitioner also cause loss memory confession nonetheless remain acceptable evidence guilt conclusion buttressed instruction quoted concluding paragraph note brother stewart dissenting opinion trial indicates confession might disregarded jury simply drug effect asserted petitioner expert response hypothetical question addition drug affected petitioner consciousness know petitioner may fully aware confessing may suffered loss memory issue crucial question measure evidentiary propriety constitution whether drug whatever label affixed overbore petitioner unable resist confessing whether conscious petitioner drug wholly unable stop admitting guilt absence contrary indications think must recognize misconception constitutional standard evidenced instructions may well infected trial judge ruling suppression hearing inference error negatived remainder instructions permit disregard confession induced force physical mental duress promise reward context instructions whole references voluntariness meet problems raised administration drug petitioner vitiate crucial inference trial judge viewed exclusion dependent upon presence facts addition sterilization petitioner reasons contained opinion basis believe wholly fair inference trial misconceived proper constitutional measure admissibility petitioner confession lack indication trial utilize correct test state appellate apparent application similarly erroneous standard agree hearing must held finally opinion warrant brother stewart criticism propriety wisdom articulating standards govern grant evidentiary hearings habeas corpus proceedings setting certain standards essential disposition case definition scope application appropriate exercise adjudicatory obligations particularly directing federal judiciary role applying historic remedy difficult sensitive area involving large issues federalism careful discharge function counsels order preclude individualized enforcement constitution different parts nation lay specifically nature problem permits standards directions govern district judges disposition applications habeas corpus prisoners sentence state courts brown allen separate opinion justice frankfurter petitioner initial resistance admitting guilt sudden change attitude veritable flood confessions succeeding immediately upon administration drug see ante pp indicate real possibility overborne moreover reliability number confessions seriously impaired see ibid justice stewart justice clark justice harlan justice white join dissenting basis disagreement perhaps best explained define outset several areas entirely accord opinion first underlying issue constitutional law completely agree confession induced administration drugs constitutionally inadmissible criminal trial secondly agree appeals case stated erroneous standard said habeas corpus district inquiry limited study undisputed portions record thirdly agree applicant writ habeas corpus alleges facts proved entitle relief federal application made power receive evidence try facts anew differ disposition case two important respects first strongly doubt wisdom using case vehicle cataloguing advance set standards inflexibly compel district judges grant evidentiary hearings habeas corpus proceedings secondly think de novo evidentiary hearing required present case even standards opinion elaborates quarrel statement basic governing principle determine whether hearing federal habeas corpus proceeding facts dispute federal habeas corpus must hold evidentiary hearing habeas applicant receive full fair evidentiary hearing state either time trial collateral proceeding ante rightly says unwise overly particularize test think attempting erect detailed hearing standards myriad situations presented federal habeas corpus applications disregards wise admonition done little today supply new phrases imprecise scope uncertain meaning habeas corpus vocabulary district judges purport establish mandatory requirements rather guidelines tests elaborated opinion run serious risk becoming talismanic phrases mechanistic invocation alone determine whether hearing fundamentally enunciation elaborate set standards governing habeas corpus hearings sense required even invited order decide case us many pages opinion set standards forth therefore justified even terms normal function dictum reasons rule advisory opinions purport decide questions actually issue well established need repeating late date see marine cooks panama machinists local labor board regard reasons peculiarly persuasive present context try hedge inflexible rules essentially extraordinary writ designed justice extraordinary often unpredictable situations ii even accepting detailed hearing standards toto however agree one requires district hold new evidentiary hearing present case think putting rigid formulations one side accepted principles governing fair prompt administration criminal justice within federal system affirmatively counsel de novo federal hearing case refers two specific defects feels compel hearing district absence indicia indicate whether trial judge applied proper standard federal law ruling upon admissibility confession fact disclosed state hearing substance injected townsend confessed properties may trigger statements legal sense involuntary since lengthy extracts testimony pleadings opinion seem bear issues becomes necessary sketch prior proceedings case indicate think mistaken concluding new hearing required early morning hours january petitioner arrested chicago police admitted given injection heroin minutes arrest within hour arrest questioned minutes various crimes denied committed questioned evening shortly evening questioning began petitioner complained stomach pains requested doctor police surgeon summoned administered injection consisting cc saline solution grain hyoscine hydrobromide grain phenobarbital dissolved slightly hour later petitioner confessed murder boone following day hours police surgeon administered hyoscine petitioner initialed copy previous night statement offices state attorney general coroner hearing january petitioner confessed boone killing standard federal law applied state trial ruling upon admissibility confession true today says overruling motion suppress confession trial judge explicitly spell exclusionary standards applying instructions jury end case however although directed question credibility since issue jury illinois procedure couched terms voluntariness clearly established trial judge aware correct constitutional standards applied nothing record indicates incorrect standard applied suppression hearing given circumstances think completely impermissible us assume trial judge apply proper standard federal law ruling upon admissibility confession record totally devoid indication state trial judge employed erroneous constitutional standard presumption surely judge knew law correctly applied certainly improper presume trial judge know law constitution commands follow yet precisely presumption makes case disclosure properties medicine administered petitioner petitioner instituted proceedings state trial claim proceedings confession procured result administration scopolamine witnesses state aware identity scopolamine hyoscine deliberately withheld fact identity trial petitioner consequently afforded opportunity make clear basis claim confession coerced trial dismissed petition illinois affirmed unpublished opinion concluded follows study opinion original appeal discloses evidence respect injection hyoscine phenobarbital carefully considered us resolving issue validity petitioner confession people townsend thus clear issue effect drug confession us matter presented fact hyoscine scopolamine identical attempt escape doctrine res judicata present petition writ error contends fact presented us unknown petitioner counsel time assuming moment truth statement opinion mere fact drug administered petitioner known two different names presents constitutional issue original trial extensive medical testimony properties effects hyoscine hyoscine scopolamine fact identical medical testimony properties effects regardless name drug determining effect drug validity petitioner confession vital issue nature effect rather name issue thoroughly presented trial furthermore claim petitioner state suppressed identity hyoscine scopolamine trial destroyed reference bill exceptions original trial state medical witness petitioner counsel stated scopolamine hyoscine constitution state illinois power duty administer criminal justice carrying duty illinois must must state conform due process clause fourteenth amendment think illinois clearly accorded petitioner due process case require federal hold new trial factual claims long ago fully fairly determined courts illinois think frustrate fair prompt administration criminal justice disrespect fundamental structure federal system debase great writ habeas corpus affirm indeed original version directed proceed summary way determine facts case hearing testimony arguments thereupon dispose party law justice require see walker johnston emphasis added statute later revised provides shall summarily hear determine facts dispose matter law justice require revisers notes indicate change one phraseology substance state reliably found facts relevant issue district judge hearing course give appropriate deference findings see ante among instructions given following admitted evidence written confession alleged made freely voluntarily defendant instructed confession made freely voluntarily person charged crime may considered find evidence force physically mentally exerted upon defendant defendant charge arrest order obtain confession persons made promises reward make confession may totally disregard confession instructed find evidence defendant given drugs said drugs caused lose memory create state amnesia defendant questioning defendant police state attorney defendant able control answers assert denying crime charged may totally disregard confession instructed find evidence influence used defendant amounted duress upon mind body caused make confession may totally disregard confession instructed believe evidence case duress influence either physically mentally exerted upon defendant caused make written confession introduced evidence may consider whether influence still existence time defendant appeared coroner inquest alleged made confession introduced evidence testimony witness category known expert witness testified influence effect certain drugs upon hypothetical person instructed may take testimony consideration determining whether drugs alleged administered defendant mansfield effect upon defendant drug opinion expert witness upon hypothetical person believe evidence case drugs effect upon defendant cause consciousness impaired extent know questioned police officers assistant state attorney may totally disregard statement confession alleged made time influence exerted upon see supra see pp supra