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Brendan Dassey case may be reviewed by U.S. Supreme Court
Confession may have been coerced by law enforcement, when Dassey was teen.
The US Supreme Court will discuss if it will hear Brendan Dassey’s appeal on June 14th.
Dassey, along with his uncle, Steven Avery, are serving life sentences after being convicted for the Halloween 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach.
After the high court’s discussion, four of the nine justices must vote to review the case. If they do, arguments would be scheduled in the months ahead. If they do not, the last court ruling – in this case which upholds Dassey's conviction– will stand as a matter of law..
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The June 14th date was posted on the court’s calendar May 29th. The decision if it will review the case will be announced sometime after that, usually within a few weeks.
Dassey's Chicago based lawyers argue his confession as a teen was coerced and should not stand. Menawhile, prosecutors for the State of Wisconsin say the case was handled properly and the high court should not review it.
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Avery's most recent legal move was to appeal a Sheboygan County, Wisconsin judge's ruling denying him a new trial to the state Court of Appeals.
