Does a police officer's exhortation to "tell the truth" render a subsequent confession involuntary?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The PEOPLE V. DONALD, A121820, No. 146000 (Cal. App. 2010):
information that appellant did not otherwise intend to freely provide. An exhortation by a police officer to " ' " 'tell the truth' or that 'it would be better to tell the truth' unaccompanied by either a threat or a promise, does not render a subsequent confession involuntary." ' [Citation.]" (People v. Johnson (2010) 183 Cal.App.4th 253, 294-295.)
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