What is the effect of police testimony on a defendant's decision to confess?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Battle, 11 Cal.5th 749, 280 Cal.Rptr.3d 337, 489 P.3d 329 (Cal. 2021):
own testimony at suppression hearing established that his decision to confess was "completely separate from any representations made by the officers"]; People v. Belmontes (1988) 45 Cal.3d 744, 774, 248 Cal.Rptr. 126, 755 P.2d 310 [similar].)
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