What is the test for a voluntary confession in a murder case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Randy Joe H., In re, 153 Cal.App.3d 316, 200 Cal.Rptr. 518 (Cal. App. 1984):
The trial court then considered the totality of the evidence and concluded that the confession was proven voluntary by a preponderance of the evidence, expressly adopting the rule of Lego v. Twomey (1972) 404 U.S. 477, 92 S.Ct. 619, 30 L.Ed.2d 618.
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