De Andrea Gray v. State of Missouri

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• concluding that statements were made voluntarily where \nothing in the totality of circumstances demonstrate[d] that [defendant's] will was overborne\
• observing that legal significance of video-recorded-and, therefore, undisputed-interview conduct is properly decided de novo on appellate review
• concluding that the defendant’s statements were voluntary where he was not in custody, the interview lasted a little over thirty minutes, the officers were dressed in plain clothes and did not display any weapons, he was unrestrained, and the interview was conservational
• \[T]here is nothing improper in police truthfully telling a [suspect] that he will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law if he chooses not to cooperate.\
• first quoting Colorado v. Connelly, 479 15 U.S. 157, 167 (1986), and then quoting United States v. Anderson, 929 F.2d 96, 99 (2d Cir. 1991)
• “[T]here is nothing improper in police truthfully telling a defendant that he will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law if he chooses not to cooperate.”

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