POLS 4720 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: United States Court Of Appeals For The Seventh Circuit, Miranda Warning, Anthony Kennedy
28 Mar 2018
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In colorado v. connelly, 479 u. s. 157 (1986), the court rejected the defe(cid:374)da(cid:374)t(cid:859)s argument that his waiver of miranda rights was not (cid:858)(cid:858)(cid:448)olu(cid:374)tary(cid:859)(cid:859) because he was suffering from mental illness at the time of the interrogation. When connelly approached a police officer and spontaneously confessed to murder, the officer gave him miranda warnings. In answering the offi(cid:272)er(cid:859)s preliminary questions, connelly stated that he understood his rights, denied that he had been drinking or taking drugs, and admitted that he had been a patient in several mental hospitals. The officer (cid:858)(cid:858)per(cid:272)ei(cid:448)ed no indication (cid:449)hatsoe(cid:448)er(cid:859)(cid:859) that defendant was (cid:858)(cid:858)sufferi(cid:374)g from any kind of mental ill(cid:374)ess(cid:859)(cid:859) and so connelly was interrogated after waiving his miranda rights. The next day connelly told his appointed counsel that (cid:858)(cid:858)(cid:448)oi(cid:272)es(cid:859)(cid:859) had ordered him to make a confession, and expert testimony at trial showed that he was suffering from chronic schizophrenia at the time of the interrogation.
