Does a confession motivated by a promise of leniency constitute an involuntary confession?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mack, 136 Cal.Rptr. 283, 66 Cal.App.3d 839 (Cal. App. 1977):
32] A confession motivated by a promise of leniency is involuntary and therefore inadmissible as a matter of law. (People v. Rowe (1972) 22 Cal.App.3d 1023, 1031, 99 Cal.Rptr. 816.)
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