Cardinale v. Louisiana

Cardinale (defendant) was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in Louisiana after his full voluntary confession was admitted at trial, as a state statute required; at no point during his Louisiana trial or subsequent state appeals did Cardinale challenge the constitutionality of admitting the confession in its entirety or argue that portions should have been redacted. He later petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for certiorari, raising for the first time a constitutional challenge to the statute and the confession's admission.