Commonwealth v. Berg

How courts have described this case

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• holding that confession by drug suspect was not involuntary because he sought to protect his mother from arrest when there was probable cause to apprehend both of them for cocaine found in suspect’s apartment
• statement ruled voluntary even where suspect knew that it would prevent his mother from being charged with crime
• “Concern for a loved one may, in certain circumstances, render a confession involuntary”
• i.e., unfair and illegitimate police tactics, psychological coercion, threats, etc.
• concern for loved one may render confession involuntary

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).