Fulton v. Pennsylvania

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Where a promise of leniency has been made in exchange for a statement, an inculpatory statement would be the product of inducement, and thus not an act of free will.” (internal quote marks and citation omitted)
• “The central consideration in determining whether a confession has been coerced always involves this question: did the governmental conduct complained of ‘bring about’ a confession ‘not freely self-determined?’ ”
• “Where a promise of leniency has been made in exchange for a statement, an inculpatory statement would be the product of inducement, and thus not an act of free will.” (quotations omitted)
• police impliedly promised \lesser punishment and physical protection\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).