Jerry Bert Sumpter, Jr. v. Crispus Nix

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• seven-and-one-half-hour interrogation of a defendant with an I.Q. of 89 did not render confession involuntary
• confession voluntary even though defendant with below-average IQ was subjected to seven and one-half hour interrogation with agent who played on his emotions
• “The seven and one-half hour interrogation, Sumpter's IQ of 89, and the special agent's references to Sumpter's child and wife, even if considered in combination with one another, do not make the confession involuntary.”
• seven and one-half consecutive hours

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