Seventh Circuit· 8/3/1994

Norman J. Johnson v. Clarence Trigg

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28 F.3d 639

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finding interrogation of 14-year-old while mother was also being held in custody did not violate the Due Process Clause
finding inter- rogation of 14-year-old while mother was also being held in custody did not violate the Due Process Clause
confession voluntary even though 14-year-old defendant of below average intelligence saw police arrest terminally ill mother before confessing
bona fide arrest inducing confession, unless used as a pretext to extract the confession, does not justify suppression
“Custodial interrogation is permitted [and] courts allow interrogators in these already coercive custodial settings considerable latitude in playing on the guilt and fears of the person interrogated in order to extract a confession that he will shortly regret having given.”

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Judges: Posner, Cummings, Easterbrook

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