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Factors to consider in determining custody
Jan 11, 2021
Attorney James Manak prepared an article for John E. Reid and Associates in which he discusses several court decisions which addressed the issue of what are the proper factors to consider in...
Reid Litigation With Netflix Ends
Jan 11, 2021
The following statement is from John E. Reid & Associates (‘Reid’):
Reid sued Netflix for defamation regarding a reference to the Reid Technique of interrogation in the program, When They...
Legal Updates Winter 2020
Apr 10, 2020
The Legal Updates Winter 2020 column contains cases which address the following issues:
Incriminating statements were made in violation of Miranda Confession voluntariness: ambiguous request to terminate the questioning and over stating...
Legal Updates Fall 2019
Dec 16, 2019
The Legal Updates Fall 2019 column contains cases which address the following issues: The investigator's discussion of religion during defendant's interrogation did not rise to the level of a beneficial promiseCourt reject's...
Legal Updates Summer 2019
Sep 27, 2019
The Legal Updates Summer 2019 column contains cases which address the following issues:Investigator�s promises rendered the defendant�s confession involuntary (Case 1)Investigator�s promises rendered the defendant�s confession involuntary (Case 2)Defendant does not have...
Legal Updates Spring 2019
Jul 01, 2019
The Legal Updates Spring 2019 column contains cases which address the following issues:
Court details acceptable interrogation statementsVermont Supreme Court upholds confession obtained after false claim of DNA evidenceFalse evidence...
Legal Updates Winter 2019
Jun 01, 2019
The Legal Updates Winter 2019 column contains cases which address the following issues: Court upholds minimization techniques and suggesting justifications for the crimeCourt rejects defendant's claim that his confession should have been...
Court upholds investigators using minimization techniques and suggesting justifications for the crime
Feb 06, 2019
In Gomez v. California (January 2019) the US District Court, E.D. California, upheld the lower court's decision to admit the incriminating statements made by the defendant who was convicted of twelve...
Indiana Supreme Court finds that assistant principal questioning a student about criminal mischief was not acting as an agent of the police
Nov 27, 2018
In D.Z. v. State (June 2018) the Supreme Court of Indiana found that in a criminal mischief and harassment case when the assistant high school principal questioned the juvenile suspect (student)...
Legal Updates Fall 2018
Nov 20, 2018
The Legal Updates Fall 2018 column contains cases which address the following issues:
Confession was suppressed when request to stop answering questions was ignored (value of the video in supporting defendant�s...
Legal Updates Summer 2018
Aug 16, 2018
The Legal Updates Summer 2018 column contains cases which address the following issues
Interrogation 5 hours after initial advisement of rights was �reasonably contemporaneous� with the initial waiverValue...
Legal Updates Spring 2018
Jun 01, 2018
The Legal Updates Spring 2018 column contains cases which address the following issues:
Court finds Dr. Richard Leo's testimony of false confessions to be unreliableCourt rejects the testimony...Legal Updates Winter 2018
Apr 06, 2018
The Legal Updates Winter 2018 column contains cases which address the following issues:
Federal Appeals Court upholds confession of "Making a Murderer" subject Brendan Dassey
Dec 18, 2017
In Dassey v. Dittmann (December 2017) the U.S.Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, upheld the admissibility of Brendan Dassey's confession, ruling that the state court's determination that defendant confessed to murder voluntarily...
Massachusetts Supreme Court confirms that minimization/maximization techniques are acceptable
Nov 08, 2017
In the case of Commonwealth v. Cartwright (Novemebr 2017) the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts stated that "... we have not acted to prevent police investigators from suggesting to a suspect being...
Legal Updates Fall 2017
Nov 03, 2017
The Legal Updates Fall 2017 column contains cases which address the following issues:
The Legal Updates Summer 2017
Aug 31, 2017
The Legal Updates Summer 2017 column contains cases which address the following issues:
Objectionable interrogator tacticsCourt allows testimony of false confession expert Dr. Richard LeoCourt limits the rebuttal testimony on false confession...Legal Updates Spring 2017
Jun 01, 2017
The Legal Updates Spring 2017 column contains cases which address the following issues:
Promise suspect would not be put on the sex offenders' list rendered his confession involuntaryThe...
Legal Updates Winter 2017
Mar 01, 2017
The Legal Updates Winter 2017 column contains cases which address the following issues:
Defendant claims his confession was involuntary because �his restrictive childhood conditioned him to acquiesce to...
Recording Juvenile Interrogations in Illinois
Jan 16, 2017
Click below for a copy of the legislation that modifies The Juvenile Court Act of 1987, expanding the requirement to electronically record juvenile interrogations in Illinois.
Also, here is a link to...