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Criminal Procedure Keyed to Miller
Ed Brown v. Mississippi
Citation:
297 U.S. 278 (1936)Facts
A deputy sheriff took Ellington to the home of a murder victim, and a group of white men accused him of the murder. When Ellington denied committing the crime, the deputy helped the crowd hang Ellington by a rope and whip him in an effort to elicit a confession. A few days later, the same deputy arrested Ellington and again whipped him until Ellington ultimately confessed to the murder. A few days later, Brown and Shields were arrested. The same deputy brought a group of white men to the jail and they whipped Brown and Shields until they confessed to the murder. Aside from the confessions, there was no evidence that Ellington, Brown, and Shields were involved in the murder.
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