The Legal Updates Summer 2017

Written By: Reid
Aug 31, 2017
The Legal Updates Summer 2017 column contains cases which address the following issues:

  • Objectionable interrogator tactics
  • Court allows testimony of false confession expert Dr. Richard Leo
  • Court limits the rebuttal testimony on false confession issues of Professor Paul G. Cassell to the testimony of Dr. Richard Leo
  • The language of the Miranda warnings - how precise does it have to be?
  • Court excludes the testimony of Dr. Charles Honts on false confession issues
  • Court excludes the testimony of Dr. Solomon Fulero because �"it invades the province of the jury"
  • If the police have possession of the defendant's car keys and cell phone, is he free to leave the station?
  • Defendant's incriminating statements were inadmissible because the Miranda warnings were deliberately delayed
  • 13 factors to consider in determining whether a police interrogation was coercive
  • The value of video recording the interrogation
  • Does a subject have to be advised of his Miranda rights when questioned at a Fish, Wildlife and Park's game check station? No
  • Court emphasizes the need to exercise "special caution" when assessing the voluntariness of juvenile confessions

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