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Duke v. State

Citations

  • 489 S.E.2d 811
  • 268 Ga. 425
  • 97 Fulton County D. Rep. 3438
  • 1997 Ga. LEXIS 504

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  • holding that “[u]nder the totality of the circumstances” the defendant “could not reasonably have believed that, if he implicated himself in his statement, officers . . . would not charge him with any crime whatsoever”
  • exhortations to tell the truth do not constitute impermissible hope of benefit
  • “Duke certainly could not reasonably have believed that, if he implicated himself in his statement, officers who were charged with enforcing the law would ignore his criminal conduct and would not charge him with any crime whatsoever.”

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Judges: Carley

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