In what circumstances will a defendant not be charged for making a statement of support to a gas chamber?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Nudd, 115 Cal.Rptr. 372, 12 Cal.3d 204, 524 P.2d 844 (Cal. 1974):
3 The defendant there testified he made the statement because he was physically exhausted from lack of sleep after police repeatedly awakened him, he had a piercing headache caused by sleep loss and physical abuse from the victim's family, and an officer said he personally would see that defendant was escorted to the gas chamber. (People v. Underwood (1964) 61 Cal.2d 113, 119--121, 37 Cal.Rptr. 313, 389 P.2d 937.)
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