Indiana Supreme Court· 12/15/1989

Light v. State

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547 N.E.2d 1073
1989 Ind. LEXIS 383
1989 WL 155059

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holding that the trial court did not err by admitting defendant’s statement despite evidence of a four-hour interrogation punctuated by conduct of the interrogators involving cursing, lying, and smacking the defendant on the arm
noting that in most cases where confessions are held involuntary, the suspects are interrogated for days, not hours
noting that in most cases where confessions were held involuntary, the suspects were interrogated for days, not hours
holding four-hour interrogation did not render confession involuntary; “[i]n most of the cases where the statements were held involuntary, the interrogation lasted for a matter of days, not hours”
defendant’s statement was voluntary despite evidence of a four-hour interrogation punctuated by police conduct involving cursing, lying, and Court of Appeals of Indiana | Memorandum Decision 41A01-1705-CR-985 | March 9, 2018 Page 7 of 9 smacking the defendant on the arm

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Judges: Shepard, Givan, Piyarnik, Dickson, Debruler

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