What is the test for making a broadly self-inculpatory confession?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from In re Adam S., C054174 (Cal. App. 2/22/2008), C054174 (Cal. App. 2008):
"The fact that a person is making a broadly self-inculpatory confession does not make more credible the confession's non-self-inculpatory parts. One of the most effective ways to lie is to mix falsehood with truth, especially truth that seems particularly persuasive because of its self-inculpatory nature." (Williamson v. United States (1994) 512 U.S. 594, 599-600 [129 L.Ed.2d 476, 482-483] [interpreting federal rule akin to 1230].)
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