escobedo illinois argued april decided june petitioner mexican extraction arrested sister taken police headquarters interrogation connection fatal shooting days arrested shortly shooting made statement released lawyer obtained writ habeas corpus state petitioner made several requests see lawyer though present building despite persistent efforts refused access client petitioner advised police right remain silent persistent questioning police made damaging statement assistant state attorney admitted trial convicted murder appealed state affirmed conviction held circumstances case police investigation longer general inquiry unsolved crime begun focus particular suspect police custody refused opportunity consult counsel warned constitutional right keep silent accused denied assistance counsel violation sixth fourteenth amendments statement extracted police interrogation may used trial crooker california cicenia lagay distinguished extent may inconsistent instant case controlling pp reversed remanded barry kroll argued cause petitioner brief donald haskell james thompson argued cause respondent brief daniel ward elmer kissane bernard weisberg argued cause american civil liberties union amicus curiae urging reversal brief walter fisher justice goldberg delivered opinion critical question case whether circumstances refusal police honor petitioner request consult lawyer course interrogation constitutes denial assistance counsel violation sixth amendment constitution made obligatory upon fourteenth amendment gideon wainwright thereby renders inadmissible state criminal trial incriminating statement elicited police interrogation night january petitioner fatally shot early hours next morning petitioner arrested without warrant interrogated petitioner made statement police released afternoon pursuant state writ habeas corpus obtained warren wolfson lawyer retained petitioner january benedict digerlando police custody later indicted murder along petitioner told police petitioner fired fatal shots evening petitioner sister widow deceased arrested taken police headquarters en route police station police handcuffed defendant behind back one arresting officers told defendant digerlando named one shot deceased petitioner testified without contradiction detectives said us pretty well pretty tight might well admit crime replied sorry like advice lawyer police officer testified although petitioner formally charged custody walk door shortly petitioner reached police headquarters retained lawyer arrived lawyer described ensuing events following terms day received phone call mother another defendant pursuant phone call went detective bureau state first person talked sergeant duty bureau desk sergeant pidgeon asked sergeant pidgeon permission speak client danny escobedo sergeant pidgeon made call bureau lockup informed boy taken lockup homicide bureau evening went anywhere called homicide bureau told attorney waiting see escobedo told see went upstairs homicide bureau several homicide detectives around talked identified escobedo attorney asked permission see said police officer told see chief flynn duty identified chief flynn asked permission see client said think approximately said see completed questioning second two spotted office homicide bureau door open see office waved waved back door closed one officers homicide four five officers milling around homicide detail night whether talked captain flynn later day waited around another hour two went back renewed sic request see client told filed official complaint commissioner phelan chicago police department conversation every police officer find told homicide see get writ habeas corpus left homicide bureau detective bureau state approximately sunday morning opportunity talk client night quoted captain flynn section criminal code allows attorney right see client notwithstanding repeated requests petitioner retained lawyer afforded opportunity consult course entire interrogation one point previously noted petitioner attorney came view moments attorney quickly ushered away petitioner testified heard detective telling attorney latter allowed talk done heard attorney refused permission remain adjoining room police officer testified told lawyer see petitioner interrogating testimony police interrogation petitioner mexican extraction record previous experience police handcuffed standing position nervous circles eyes upset agitated slept well week undisputed course interrogation officer montejano grew petitioner neighborhood knew family uses spanish language police work conferred alone petitioner quarter hour petitioner testified officer said spanish sister go home pinned benedict digerlando see go home held witnesses anything made statement digerlando able go home night petitioner testified made statement issue assurance officer montejano denied offering assurance police officer testified interrogation following occurred informed digerlando told told digerlando lying said care tell digerlando said yes brought escobedo confronted digerlando told lying said shoot manuel petitioner moved trial suppress incriminating statement motions denied petitioner convicted murder appealed conviction illinois original opinion february held statement inadmissible reversed conviction said seems manifest us undisputed evidence circumstances surrounding defendant time statement shortly prior thereto defendant understood permitted go home gave statement granted immunity prosecution state petitioned granted rehearing affirmed conviction said officer denied making promise trier fact believed find reason disturbing trial finding confession voluntary also held authority decisions crooker california cicenia lagay confession admissible even though obtained requested assistance counsel request denied granted writ certiorari consider whether petitioner statement constitutionally admissible trial conclude reasons stated accordingly reverse judgment conviction massiah observed constitution guarantees defendant aid counsel trial surely vouchsafe less indicted defendant interrogation police completely extrajudicial proceeding anything less might deny defendant effective representation counsel stage legal aid advice help quoting douglas concurring spano new york interrogation conducted petitioner formally indicted context case fact make difference petitioner requested denied opportunity consult lawyer investigation ceased general investigation unsolved crime spano new york stewart concurring petitioner become accused purpose interrogation get confess guilt despite constitutional right time arrest throughout course interrogation police told petitioner convincing evidence fired fatal shots without informing absolute right remain silent face accusation police urged make statement observed many years ago doubted placed position accused statement made suspected person charged crime result produce upon mind fear remained silent considered admission guilt therefore render certain committed trial guilty person conceived converse impression also naturally arisen denying hope removing suspicion bram new york appeals whose decisions cited approval massiah recently recognized circumstances meaningful distinction drawn interrogation accused formal indictment people donovan opinion judge fuld held confession taken defendant period detention prior indictment attorney requested denied access used criminal trial observed highly incongruous system justice permitted district attorney lawyer representing state extract confession accused lawyer seeking speak kept police gideon wainwright held every person accused crime whether state federal entitled lawyer trial rule sought state however make trial appeal interrogation right use counsel formal trial hollow thing practical purposes conviction already assured pretrial examination groban black dissenting one imagine cynical prosecutor saying let illustrious counsel ca escape noose nothing counsel trial ex parte sullivan supp argued right counsel afforded prior indictment number confessions obtained police diminish significantly confessions obtained period arrest indictment lawyer worth salt tell suspect uncertain terms make statement police circumstances watts indiana jackson concurring part dissenting part argument course cuts two ways fact many confessions obtained period points critical nature stage legal aid advice surely needed massiah supra hamilton alabama supra white maryland supra right counsel indeed hollow began period confessions obtained necessarily direct relationship importance stage police quest confession criticalness stage accused need legal advice constitution unlike others strikes balance favor right accused advised lawyer privilege see note yale learned lesson history ancient modern system criminal law enforcement comes depend confession long run less reliable subject abuses system depends extrinsic evidence independently secured skillful investigation dean wigmore wisely said ny system administration permits prosecution trust habitually compulsory source proof must suffer morally thereby inclination develops rely mainly upon evidence satisfied incomplete investigation sources exercise power extract answers begets forgetfulness limitations power simple peaceful process questioning breeds readiness resort bullying physical force torture right answer soon seems right expected answer confession guilt thus legitimate use grows unjust abuse ultimately innocent jeopardized encroachments bad system seems course experience legal systems privilege recognized wigmore evidence ed emphasis original also learned companion lesson history system criminal justice survive comes depend continued effectiveness citizens abdication unawareness constitutional rights system worth preserving fear accused permitted consult lawyer become aware exercise rights exercise constitutional rights thwart effectiveness system law enforcement something wrong system hold therefore investigation longer general inquiry unsolved crime begun focus particular suspect suspect taken police custody police carry process interrogations lends eliciting incriminating statements suspect requested denied opportunity consult lawyer police effectively warned absolute constitutional right remain silent accused denied assistance counsel violation sixth amendment constitution made obligatory upon fourteenth amendment gideon wainwright statement elicited police interrogation may used criminal trial crooker california compel contrary result case merely rejected absolute rule sought petitioner every state denial request contact counsel infringement constitutional right without regard circumstances case emphasis original place following rule announced tate refusal request engage counsel violates due process accused deprived counsel trial merits also deprived counsel part pretrial proceedings provided prejudiced thereby infect subsequent trial absence fundamental fairness essential concept justice latter determination necessarily depends upon circumstances case emphasis added nothing said today affects powers police investigate unsolved crime spano new york stewart concurring gathering information witnesses proper investigative efforts haynes washington hold process shifts investigatory accusatory focus accused purpose elicit confession adversary system begins operate circumstances accused must permitted consult lawyer judgment illinois reversed case remanded proceedings inconsistent opinion reversed remanded footnotes statute effect provided pertinent part public officers custody person restrained liberty alleged cause whatever shall except cases imminent danger escape admit practicing attorney person may desire see consult rev stat repealed act approved trial judge justified handcuffing ground ordinary police procedure compare haynes washington decided day decision illinois said conclusion way foreclosed state contends fact state trial judge jury may reached different result issue well settled duty constitutional adjudication resting upon requires question whether due process clause fourteenth amendment violated admission evidence coerced confession subject independent determination see ashcraft tennessee escape responsibility making examination record spano new york emphasis original although testimony record petitioner lawyer previously discussed petitioner event interrogation evidence discussed petitioner face false accusation fired fatal bullets english judges rules also recognize functional rather formal test must applied circumstances special significance attached formal indictment applicable rule permit police question accused except certain extremely limited situations relevant time defendant charged informed may prosecuted crim rev emphasis supplied although voluntary statements obtained violation rules automatically excluded evidence judge may exercise discretion exclude recent cases suggest perhaps judges tightening almost inevitably effect new rules stimulate tendency canon american bar association canon professional ethics provides lawyer way communicate upon subject controversy party represented counsel much less undertake negotiate compromise matter deal counsel incumbent upon lawyer particularly avoid everything may tend mislead party represented counsel undertake advise law see broeder wong sun study faith hope neb rev including illinois urged us hold soviet criminal code permit lawyer present investigation soviet trial thus aptly described appeal pretrial investigation feifer justice moscow see barrett police practices law arrest release charge cal rev see committee print subcommittee investigate administration internal security act senate committee judiciary reporting analyzing proceedings xxth congress communist party soviet union february exposing false confessions obtained stalin purges see also miller opinion chief judge bazelon lifton thought reform psychology totalism rogge men confess schein coercive persuasion see stephen history criminal law quoted wigmore evidence ed report recommendations commissioners committee police arrests investigation district columbia cf report attorney general committee poverty administration federal criminal justice survival system criminal justice values advances depends upon constant searching creative questioning official decisions assertions authority stages process persons denied access counsel incapable providing challenges indispensable satisfactory operation system loss interests accused individuals occasioned failures great apparent also clear situation persons required contest serious accusation denied access tools contest offensive fairness equity beyond considerations however fact situation detrimental proper functioning system justice loss vitality adversary system thereby occasioned significantly endangers basic interests free community accused may course intelligently knowingly waive privilege right counsel either pretrial stage trial see johnson zerbst knowing intelligent waiver constitutional right said occurred circumstances case authority cicenia lagay crooker california weakened subsequent decisions hamilton alabama white maryland massiah dissenting opinion case recognized justice harlan dissenting affirm judgment illinois basis cicenia lagay decided six years ago like brother white post think rule announced today seriously unjustifiably fetters perfectly legitimate methods criminal law enforcement justice stewart dissenting think case directly controlled cicenia lagay therefore affirm judgment massiah point case federal grand jury indicted massiah retained lawyer entered formal plea guilty system federal justice indictment arraignment followed trial sixth amendment guarantees defendant assistance counsel massiah released bail thereafter agents federal government deliberately elicited incriminating statements absence lawyer held use statements trial denied basic protections sixth amendment guarantee putting one side fact case us federal case vital fact remains case involve deliberate interrogation defendant initiation judicial proceedings disregards basic difference present case massiah bland assertion fact make difference ante fact submit makes difference system criminal justice institution formal meaningful judicial proceedings way indictment information arraignment marks point criminal investigation ended adversary proceedings commenced point constitutional guarantees attach pertain criminal trial among guarantees right speedy trial right confrontation right trial jury another guarantee assistance counsel gideon wainwright hamilton alabama white maryland confession today holds inadmissible voluntary one given course perfectly legitimate police investigation unsolved murder says happened investigation affected trial always supposed whole purpose police investigation murder affect trial murderer incompetent unsuccessful corrupt investigation says illinois police officers advise petitioner constitutional rights confessed murder never held constitution requires police give advice circumstances supported stronger authority rhetoric today converts routine police investigation unsolved murder distorted analogue judicial trial imports investigation constitutional concepts historically applicable onset formal prosecutorial proceedings think perverts precious constitutional guarantees frustrates vital interests society preserving legitimate proper function honest purposeful police investigation like brother clark escape logic brother white conclusions extraordinary implications emanate opinion case share views untold highly unfortunate impact today decision may upon fair administration criminal justice hope completely misunderstood said criminal prosecutions accused shall enjoy right assistance counsel defence justice white justice clark justice stewart join dissenting massiah held date indictment prosecution disentitled secure admissions accused moves date back time prosecution begins focus accused although opinion purports limited facts case naive think new constitutional right announced depend upon whether accused retained counsel cf gideon wainright griffin illinois douglas california asked consult counsel course interrogation cf carnley cochran least holds accused becomes suspect presumably arrested admission made police thereafter inadmissible evidence unless accused waived right counsel decision thus another major step direction goal seemingly mind bar evidence admissions obtained individual suspected crime whether involuntarily made course put us one step ahead english judges good sense leave matter discretionary one trial reject step invitation go farther issued abandoning test admissibility confessions seems driven notion uncivilized law enforcement use accused admissions trial attempts find home new nebulous rule due process attaching right counsel guaranteed federal system sixth amendment binding upon virtue due process guarantee fourteenth amendment gideon wainwright supra right counsel entitles accused counsel advice aid preparing trial stands impenetrable barrier interrogation accused become suspect moment apparently right counsel attaches rule wholly unworkable impossible administer unless police cars equipped public defenders undercover agents police informants defense counsel side abandon prior cases defining care analysis circumstances requiring presence aid counsel substitute amorphous wholly unworkable principle counsel constitutionally required whenever helpful hamilton alabama white maryland gideon wainwright supra cases dealt requirement counsel proceedings definable rights lost stages probative evidence might obtained new approach one might well argue potential defendant constitutionally entitled lawyer commits crime since crucial incriminating evidence put within reach government accused simply right guaranteed federal constitution free use trial voluntary admission made prior indictment incongruous assume provision counsel sixth amendment meant amend supersede provision fifth amendment applicable malloy hogan amendment addresses issue incriminating admissions accused resolves proscribing compelled statements neither framers constitutional language century decisions professor wigmore provides iota support idea accused absolute constitutional right answer even absence compulsion constitutional right incriminate making voluntary disclosures today decision squared provisions constitution view define system criminal justice empowered administer fourth amendment permits upon probable cause even compulsory searches suspect possessions use fruits search trial absence counsel fifth amendment state constitutional provisions authorize indeed require inquisitorial grand jury proceedings potential defendant absence counsel shielded compulsory incrimination mulloney cir benjamin cir scully cir gilboy supp grand jury witness may suspect interrogated answers least today admissible evidence trial provisions thought constitutional safeguards persons suspected offense furthermore constitution permitted accused fingerprinted identified courtroom chooses ignore matters rely virtues morality system criminal law enforcement depend confession judgment found constitution might appropriate legislature provide suspect consulted criminal investigation accused never called grand jury answer even wants may well incriminating questions person whether suspect guilty criminal innocent bystander put ordeal responding orderly noncompulsory inquiry state system constitution requires inquisitions constitution forbids compel incrimination escobedo statements compelled hold new american judges rule applied federal state courts perhaps thought necessary safeguard possibility extorted confessions extent reflects distrust law enforcement officers everywhere unsupported relevant data current material based upon experience obviously law enforcement officers make mistakes exceed authority today decision shows even judges somewhat faith evidently ability desire prosecutors power appellate courts discern correct violations law may concerned narrower matter unknowing defendant responds police questioning mistakenly believes must admissions used worry hardly calls broadside fired failure inform accused need answer answers may used relevant indeed whether disclosures compelled cases say least never placed premium ignorance constitutional rights accused told must answer know better doubtful resulting admissions used accused informed rights characteristically properly looks closely surrounding circumstances see ward texas haley ohio payne arkansas continue case danny escobedo knew full well answer knew full well lawyer advised answer suggest moment law enforcement destroyed rule announced today need peace order insistent crippled task made great deal difficult opinion unsound unstated reasons find home provisions constitution seems reported cases judges given enforcing rules longer practice exclude evidence obtained questioning custody traditional principle fairness criminals quite possibly lost reason existence maintained words disregarded fact reader may expecting point vigorous denunciation police judges plea return judges rules interpreted considered however whether rules workable part machinery justice perhaps truth rules abandoned tacit consent unreasonable restriction upon activities police bringing criminals book williams questioning police practical considerations crim rev see also crim rev