Is a confession rendered involuntary by coercive police activity not a coerced confession?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. See, F066357 (Cal. App. 2015):
involuntary confession, it 'does not itself compel a finding that a resulting confession is involuntary.' [Citation.] The statement and the inducement must be causally linked. [Citation.]" [Citation].' [Citation.] A confession is not rendered involuntary by coercive police activity that is not the ' motivating cause' of the defendant's confession. [Citation.]" (People v. Linton, supra, 56 Cal.4th at p. 1176.)
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