Motta v. State

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that the defendant’s testimony at trial presented a version of events that paralleled those from his tainted confession, rendering harmless the jury’s consideration of those facts
• concluding that the defendant’s testimony at trial presented a version of events that paralleled those from his tainted confession, rendering harmless the jury’s consideration of those facts
• explaining that “[e]ven in the face of powerful independent proof of guilt, the defendant’s inculpato-ry description of the offense ‘may tempt the jury to rely upon that evidence alone in reaching its decision.’ ”
• statements taken in violation of Miranda

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).