California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Molano, 249 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 443 P.3d 856, 7 Cal.5th 620 (Cal. 2019):
product of a free and deliberate choice rather than intimidation, coercion, or deception ." ( Id . at p. 421, 106 S.Ct. 1135, italics added; see Berghuis v. Thompkins (2010) 560 U.S. 370, 382383, 130 S.Ct. 2250, 176 L.Ed.2d 1098.)
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