massiah argued march decided may government agents continuing investigate narcotics activities including petitioner retained lawyer free bail indictment without petitioner knowledge secured alleged confederate consent install radio transmitter latter automobile agent thereby enabled overhear petitioner damaging statements despite objection used trial resulted conviction held incriminating statements thus deliberately elicited federal agents petitioner absence attorney deprived petitioner right counsel sixth amendment therefore statements constitutionally used evidence trial pp reversed robert carluccio argued cause filed brief petitioner solicitor general cox argued cause brief assistant attorney general miller jerome nelson justice stewart delivered opinion petitioner indicted violating federal narcotics laws retained lawyer pleaded guilty released bail free bail federal agent succeeded surreptitious means listening incriminating statements made evidence statements introduced petitioner trial objection convicted appeals affirmed granted certiorari consider whether circumstances presented prosecution use trial evidence petitioner incriminating statements deprived right secured federal constitution petitioner merchant seaman member crew santa maria april year federal customs officials new york received information going transport quantity narcotics aboard ship south america result information agents searched santa maria upon arrival new york found afterpeak vessel five packages containing three half pounds cocaine also learned circumstances relevant tending connect petitioner cocaine arrested promptly arraigned subsequently indicted possession narcotics aboard vessel july superseding indictment returned charging petitioner man named colson substantive offense separate counts charging petitioner colson others conspired possess narcotics aboard vessel import conceal facilitate sale narcotics petitioner retained lawyer pleaded guilty released bail along colson days later quite without petitioner knowledge colson decided cooperate government agents continuing investigation narcotics activities petitioner colson others allegedly engaged colson permitted agent named murphy install schmidt radio transmitter front seat colson automobile means murphy equipped appropriate receiving device overhear distance away conversations carried colson car evening november colson petitioner held lengthy conversation sitting colson automobile parked new york street prearrangement colson totally unbeknown petitioner agent murphy sat car parked sight street listened radio entire conversation petitioner made several incriminating statements course conversation petitioner trial incriminating statements brought jury murphy testimony despite insistent objection defense counsel jury convicted petitioner several related narcotics offenses convictions affirmed appeals petitioner argues error constitutional dimensions permit agent murphy trial testify petitioner incriminating statements murphy overheard circumstances disclosed record argument based upon two distinct independent grounds first told murphy use radio equipment violated petitioner rights fourth amendment consequently evidence murphy thereby obtained rule weeks inadmissible petitioner trial secondly said petitioner fifth sixth amendment rights violated use evidence incriminating statements government agents deliberately elicited indicted absence retained counsel way dispose case reach fourth amendment issue spano new york reversed state criminal conviction confession wrongly admitted evidence defendant trial case defendant already indicted murder time confessed held defendant conviction stand fourteenth amendment opinion relied upon totality circumstances confession obtained four concurring justices pointed constitution required reversal conviction upon sole specific ground confession deliberately elicited police defendant indicted therefore time clearly entitled lawyer help pointed system justice elemental concepts due process law contemplate indictment followed trial orderly courtroom presided judge open public protected procedural safeguards law stewart concurring said constitution guarantees defendant aid counsel trial surely vouchsafe less indicted defendant interrogation police completely extrajudicial proceeding anything less said might deny defendant effective representation counsel stage legal aid advice help douglas concurring ever since decision spano case new york courts unequivocally followed constitutional rule secret interrogation defendant finding indictment without protection afforded presence counsel contravenes basic dictates fairness conduct criminal causes fundamental rights persons charged crime people waterman view reflects constitutional principle established long ago powell alabama noted perhaps critical period proceedings say time arraignment beginning trial consultation thoroughgoing investigation preparation vitally important defendants much entitled aid counsel period trial since spano decision basic constitutional principle broadly reaffirmed hamilton alabama white maryland see gideon wainwright deal state conviction federal case specific guarantee sixth amendment directly applies johnson zerbst hold petitioner denied basic protections guarantee used trial evidence incriminating words federal agents deliberately elicited indicted absence counsel true spano case defendant interrogated police station damaging testimony elicited defendant without knowledge free bail judge hays pointed dissent appeals rule efficacy must apply indirect surreptitious interrogations well conducted jailhouse case massiah seriously imposed upon even know interrogation government agent solicitor general brief oral argument strenuously contended federal law enforcement agents right indeed duty continue investigation petitioner alleged criminal associates even though petitioner indicted points government continuing investigation order uncover source narcotics found santa maria also intended buyer says quantity narcotics involved suggest petitioner part large ring indeed continuing investigation confirmed suspicion since resulted criminal charges many defendants circumstances solicitor general concludes government agents completely justified making use colson cooperation colson continue normal associations surveilling may accept least present purposes completely approve argument implies fourth amendment problems one side question case many cases entirely proper continue investigation suspected criminal activities defendant alleged confederates even though defendant already indicted hold defendant incriminating statements obtained federal agents circumstances disclosed constitutionally used prosecution evidence trial reversed footnotes petitioner trial upon second superseding indictment returned march included additional counts defendants appeals reversed conviction upon conspiracy count one judge dissenting affirmed convictions upon three substantive counts one judge dissenting see also people davis people rodriguez people meyer people di biasi people swanson app div dept people price app div dept people wallace app div dept people karmel app div dept people robinson app div dept criminal prosecutions accused shall enjoy right assistance counsel defence justice white justice clark justice harlan join dissenting current incidence serious violations law represents appalling waste potentially happy useful lives engage conduct also overhanging dangerous threat unidentified innocent people victims crime today tomorrow festering problem adequate cures yet devised least much room discontent remedial measures far undertaken admittedly remains much settled concerning disposition made violate law dissatisfaction preventive programs aimed eliminating crime profound dispute whether punish deter rehabilitate cure excuse concealing one menacing problems millennium arrived view civilized society must maintain capacity discover transgressions law identify flout much necessary even know scope problem much less formulate intelligent countermeasures sweep disagreeable matters rug pretend therefore rather portentous occasion constitutional rule established barring use evidence relevant reliable highly probative issue trial whether accused committed act charged without evidence quest truth may seriously impeded many cases trial although aware proof showing defendant guilt must nevertheless release crucial evidence deemed inadmissible result entirely justified circumstances exclusion serves policies overriding importance evidence seized illegal search excluded quality proof secure meaningful enforcement fourth amendment weeks mapp ohio emphasizes soundest reasons necessary warrant exclusion evidence otherwise admissible creation another area privileged testimony due deference convinced additional barriers pursuit truth today erects rest anything like solid foundations decisions gravity require importance matter underestimated today rule promises wide application well beyond facts case reason given result admissions obtained absence counsel seem equally pertinent statements obtained time right counsel attaches whether indictment admissions made prior arraignment least defendant counsel asks fruits admissions improperly obtained new rule criminal proceedings state courts defendants long since convicted upon evidence including admissions new rule immediately service great many cases whatever content scope rule may prove unable see case presents unconstitutional interference massiah right counsel massiah prevented consulting counsel often wished meetings counsel disturbed spied upon preparation trial way obstructed sterile syllogism unsound one besides say massiah right counsel aid trial conversations admissions must excluded obtained without counsel consent presence right counsel never meant much cicenia lagay crooker california extension case requires explanation far unarticulated since new rule exclude admissions made police matter voluntary reliable requirement counsel presence approval seem rest upon probability counsel foreclose admissions nothing thinly disguised constitutional policy minimizing entirely prohibiting use evidence voluntary admissions confessions made accused carried far blind logic may compel go notion statements mouth defendant used evidence severe unfortunate impact upon great bulk criminal cases viewed light newly fashioned exclusionary principle goes far beyond constitutional privilege neither requires suggests barring voluntary pretrial admissions fifth amendment person shall compelled criminal case witness defendant may thus compelled testify trial may wishes likewise may compelled coerced saying anything trial today wished used whether matter due process proscription compulsion coerced incrimination prior law announced countless cases defendant pretrial statements admissible evidence voluntarily made inadmissible product free hardly constitutional area carefully patrolled expressly rejected argument admissions deemed involuntary made outside presence counsel cicenia lagay supra crooker california supra presents facts objective evidence reasons warrant scrapping test admissibility area without evidence retain present form case analogized american bar association rule forbidding attorney talk opposing party litigant outside presence counsel aside fact association canons constitutional dimensions specific canon argued inapposite deals conduct lawyers conduct investigators lawyers forbidden interview opposing party supposed imbalance legal skill acumen lawyer party litigant reason rule apply nonlawyers certainly colson massiah codefendant applying new exclusionary rule peculiarly inappropriate case time conversation question petitioner custody free bail questioned anyone call atmosphere official coercion said said partner crime also indicted suggestion possibility coercion petitioner know colson decided report conversation police prior arrangements colson police colson simply gone police conversation occurred testimony relating massiah statements readily admissible trial recording might made conversation event simply said massiah risked talking friend decided disclose knew massiah criminal activities occurred colson cooperating police prior meeting massiah evidence recorded conversation somehow transformed inadmissible evidence despite fact hazard massiah remains precisely defection confederate crime reporting criminal behavior expected even demanded ordinary citizen friends may subpoenaed testify friends relatives relatives partners partners therefore question soundness insulating massiah apostasy partner crime furnishing constitutional sanctions strict secrecy discipline criminal organizations neither ordinary citizen confessed criminal discouraged reporting knows authorities lending aid secure evidence crime certainly case colsons far massiahs breathe much easily secure knowledge constitution furnishes important measure protection faithless compatriots guarantees sporting treatment sporting peddlers narcotics meanwhile course public loser law enforcement presented another serious dilemma general issue lurking background opinion legitimacy penetrating obtaining confederates criminal organizations law enforcement agency answer time form prediction future application today new constitutional doctrine narrowly posed precise situation involved question police arrested released bail one member criminal ring another member confederate cooperating police confederate allowed continue association ring must somehow withdrawn avoid challenge trial evidence ground acquired rather arrest rather indictment defendants bail known continue illicit operations see rogers attorney advising constitutionally immunize statements made furtherance operations relevant question guilt pending prosecution case evidence indictment defendant aiken tried persuade agent murphy go narcotics business today decision murphy may neither testify content conversation seize introduction evidence narcotics whose location aiken may made known undoubtedly evidence excluded case available conduct colson cooperation agent murphy kind conduct forbidden charged law enforcement one thing establish safeguards procedures fraught potentiality coercion outlaw easy ways brutality substituted brains instrument crime detection mcnabb substitution brutality brains inherent danger police coercion justifying prophylactic effect another exclusionary rule massiah interrogated police station surrounded numerous officers questioned relays forbidden access others law enforcement may elements contest game mcguire massiah like receive ample protection long line precedents holding confessions may introduced unless voluntary making determinations courts must consider absence counsel one several factors voluntariness judged see house mayo payne arkansas cicenia lagay supra wiser rule automatic rule announced requires courts juries disregard voluntary admissions might well find best possible evidence discharging responsibility ascertaining truth today rule picks fifth amendment ends bars wholly voluntary admissions assume although one sure new rule similar supplemental role connection fourth amendment fifth amendment bars compelled incrimination fourth amendment bars unreasonable searches argued fruitlessly hope police must stay away defendant must also stay away house right counsel attached must exclude products reasonable search made pursuant properly issued warrant without consent presence accused counsel