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Brown&v&Illinois Sunday,+ October+ 2,+2016

8:48+ PM

1975 Facts:+ Police+ investigating+ the+murder+ of+Roger+ Corpus+ arrested+ Richard+ Brown+ (defendant)+ at+gunpoint+ after+ breaking+ into+and+searching+ his+apartment.+ The+ police+ did+ not+have+ a+warrant+ or+probable+ cause.+ Brown+ was+taken+ to+the+ police+ station,+ given+ the+warnings+ set+forth+ under Miranda' v.'Arizona,+ 384+U.S.+ 436+(1966),+ and+interrogated.+ Brown+ made+ incriminating+ statements+ during+ the+interrogation.+ Brown+ and+Jimmy+ Clagett+ (defendant)+ were+ indicted+ by+a+ grand+ jury+ for+murder.+ Brown+ moved+ to+suppress+ the+incriminating+ statements+ on+the+ grounds+ that+ the+arrest+ was+unlawful.+ The+ trial+ court+ denied+ the+ motion.+ The+ jury+convicted+ Brown+ and+sentenced+ him+ to+15+to+30+years+ imprisonment.+ The+ Supreme+ Court+ of+Illinois+ affirmed.+ The+United+ States+ Supreme+ Court+ granted+ certiorari. Issue:+ Whether+ a+Miranda+ warning+ sufficiently+ breaks+ the+ causal+ chain+ between+ an+illegal+ arrest+ and+a+confession. Holding:+ No.+Under+ the+rule+ of+Wong+Sun,+ a+Miranda+ warning+ is+“an+important+ factor+ .+.+.+in+determining+ whether+ the+confession+ is+obtained+ by+exploitation+ of+ an+illegal+ arrest.”+ In+the+matter+ at+hand,+ the+first+ statement+ came+ “less+ than+ two+hours”+ after+ his+illegal+ arrest,+ with+“no+intervening+ event+ of+significance+ whatsoever.”+ The+arrest+ “appeared+ to+have+ have+ been+ calculated+ to+cause+ surprise,+ fright,+ and+confusion.” Concurrence.+ The+ concurrence+ was+in+part,+ stating+ that+the+ justices+ would+ have+ instead+ remanded+ rather+ than+ reversed....