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· 11/22/2019

Delhotal v. State

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that questioning 11 Appellate Case: 24-4058 Document: 48-1 Date Filed: 06/03/2025 Page: 12 was not coercive in part because officers did not speak in a threatening tone
  • finding a suspect not in a police-dominated environment when questioned about an explosive device, in part because the suspect “moved freely about his home” and his “father and brother were also present”
  • noting that “[v]ertical stare de- cisis is absolute”
  • “Of course, it is not always possible to identify the opinion that is a logical subset of the other concurring opinion(s
  • “It is difficult to ignore the effect that [the officers’] accusatory questioning had on the nature of the interrogation.”
  • defendant’s father, owner of the subject premises, had common authority to grant consent to search the son’s bedroom

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Judges: Vaughn, J.

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