CRJU375 Chapter 6: Chapter 6
29 Jul 2017
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Chapter 6: police interrogation and confessions: the voluntariness test, back in the day, the issue to decide regarding whether a confession was admissible was whether it was voluntary free of influences which made it. When the child"s age was known to the officer at the time of the interview or would have been objectively apparent to any reasonable officer : did the court decide that the defendant in this case was in. Police asked him to come to the station to clear himself. He was asked whether the shotgun shells at the scene would match the shotgun he had at home. He looked down and did not answer the question expressing. Surprise and anxiety : the prosecutor then commented on that question, and his behavior following the question, in the closing argument of the trial commented on his failure to deny involvement/silence, there is no 5th amendment violation here.
