· 5/28/1996
Linares v. State
Citations
- 471 S.E.2d 208
- 266 Ga. 812
- 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 2024
- 1996 Ga. LEXIS 256
How courts have described this case
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- finding no issue of juror confusion when two co-defendants were tried together and presented antagonistic defenses
- finding no issue of juror confusion when two co-defendants were tried together and presented antagonistic defenses
- statements made after invocation of right to counsel and in response to police-initiated questioning were involuntary
- Supreme Court has applied harmless error analysis to the admission of involuntary confessions
- “[s]ince the record fails to establish that [the defendant] would have testified in his own defense if the trial court had ruled his statement was inadmissible, any review of his constitutional claim would be speculative”
- “The issue [of voluntariness] presents a mixed question of fact and law.”
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Judges: Fletcher, Sears
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