What is the test for establishing that a defendant's admission is trustworthy?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Miller, 874 F.2d 1255 (9th Cir. 1989):
The government must introduce sufficient independent evidence that tends to establish that a defendant's admission is trustworthy. Opper v. United States, 348 U.S. 84, 93, 75 S.Ct. 158, 164, 99 L.Ed. 101 (1954); United States v. Taylor, 802 F.2d 1108, 1116-17 (9th Cir.1986), cert. denied,
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