Does the public safety exception allow the police to obtain involuntary or coerced statements?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Williams v. Jacquez, No. CIV S-05-0058 LKK GGH (TEMP) P1 (E.D. Cal. 2011):
Defendant raises a straw argument. It is uncontroversial that the public safety exception is not so broad as to allow the police to obtain involuntary or coerced statements. (See United States v. DeSantis (9th Cir. 1989) 870 F.2d 536, 540.) However, there is no claim, nor does the record support, a finding that defendant's statements can be so characterized.
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