In what circumstances will the Attorney General apply the Leach rule in an out-of-court confession?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Grimes, 1 Cal.5th 698, 207 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 378 P.3d 320 (Cal. 2016):
In advocating a contrary rule, the Attorney General relies heavily on People v. Lawley, supra, 27 Cal.4th 102, 115 Cal.Rptr.2d 614, 38 P.3d 461, in which we applied the Leach rule in upholding a trial court's exclusion of those portions of an out-of-court confession that were neither self-exculpatory nor inculpatory of the defendant. That reliance is
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