Is a confession obtained by a police officer from a criminal suspect voluntary?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. See, F066357 (Cal. App. 2015):
"Any involuntary statement obtained by a law enforcement officer from a criminal suspect by coercion is inadmissible pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment to the federal Constitution and article I, section 7 of the California Constitution." (People v. Dykes (2009) 46 Cal.4th 731, 752.) To determine whether a confession is voluntary, courts examine "'"whether a defendant's will was overborne"'" by examining all of the
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