How have courts suppressed a confession made 7 hours after arrest where the police have been questioning the suspect for several hours?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from United States v. Bazar, Case No.: 15-CR-499-BEN (S.D. Cal. 2015):
In Mallory v. United States, 354 U.S. 449 (1957), the court suppressed a confession made seven hours after arrest where the police questioned the suspect for hours, all the while they were nearby many judges and could have presented the defendant.
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