Editing Chambers v. Florida (section)

==Decision==
On February 13, 1940, the court delivered its ruling. The opinion of the court was delivered by Justice [[Hugo Black]] of [[Alabama]].

This was Marshall's first<ref>{{cite web |title=Thurgood Marshall Biography (1908–1993) |url=https://www.biography.com/law-figure/thurgood-marshall |website=The Biography.com website |publisher=A&E Television Networks |access-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120044213/https://www.biography.com/law-figure/thurgood-marshall |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |date=January 11, 2021}}</ref> of many triumphs in front of the nation's highest tribunal; the Court ruled in favor of the defendants, and overturned their convictions. The court found that on the facts admitted by the police and sheriff's officers, the confessions had clearly been compelled and were therefore inadmissible. It marked one of the first times that the court had accepted the contention that treatment short of physical violence should result in the suppression of evidence.

Several of the features of this case, such as not allowing defendants to contact anyone, holding them without formal charges or arraignment, and denying them counsel during questioning were common tactics{{where|date=July 2019}} in law enforcement at the time{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} and were eventually rejected by the court in ''[[Miranda v. Arizona]]'' (1966), a case in which Marshall argued on behalf of the United States government as [[Solicitor General of the United States]].<ref>See appearances of counsel listing in Miranda decision.</ref>