Is a promise made by a police officer of leniency or advantage to the accused sufficient to invalidate a confession?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sean H. v. Sean H., No. A141329 (Cal. App. 2017):
" ' "[A]ny promise made by an officer . . . express or implied, of leniency or advantage to the accused, if it is a motivating cause of the confession, is sufficient to invalidate the confession and to make it involuntary and inadmissible as a matter of law." ' " (People v. Ray (1993) 13 Cal.4th 313, 339.) However, " ' "mere advice or exhortation by the police that it would be better for the accused to tell the truth when
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