The following excerpt is from Petrocelli v. Baker, 862 F.3d 809 (9th Cir. 2017):
was unconstitutional. Statements are unconstitutionally involuntary when a "`defendant's will was overborne' by the circumstances surrounding the giving of a confession." Dickerson v. United States, 530 U.S. 428, 434, 120 S.Ct. 2326, 147 L.Ed.2d 405 (2000) (quoting Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218, 226, 93 S.Ct. 2041, 36 L.Ed.2d 854 (1973)).
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