What is the test for making an involuntary statement?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Thompson, 266 Cal.Rptr. 309, 50 Cal.3d 134, 785 P.2d 857 (Cal. 1990):
Moreover, it is settled that " '[w]hen the benefit pointed out by the police to a suspect is merely that which flows naturally from a truthful and honest course of conduct,' the subsequent statement will not be considered involuntarily made." (People v. Jimenez, supra, 21 Cal.3d 595, 611-612, 147 Cal.Rptr. 172, 580 P.2d 672, quoting in
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