Legal Updates Spring 2019
Written By:
Reid
Jul 01, 2019
The Legal Updates Spring 2019 column contains cases which address the following issues:
- Court details acceptable interrogation statements
- Vermont Supreme Court upholds confession obtained after false claim of DNA evidence
- False evidence statements about fingerprints and witnesses were not coercive
- Value of video recording; MA Supreme Court finds misrepresenting evidence and minimization were not coercive
- Court decision rejects the testimony of false confession expert Dr. Richard Ofshe
- Officer's misrepresentations of the law coupled with constant misrepresentations regarding appellant's position deemed confession involuntary