People v. Joselyn

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• holding that law enforcement promises alone are insufficient to render a confession inadmissible and that “[t]here must also be a causal connection between the police conduct and the confession” (citation and punctuation omitted; emphasis in original)
• holding that law enforcement promises alone are insufficient to render a confession inadmissible and that “[t]here must also be a causal connection between the police conduct and the 10 confession.” (Citation and punctuation omitted; emphasis in original)
• observing “the key inquiry is whether the alleged promise actually induced the statement that Appellant seeks to suppress”
• reaction to perceived threat does not constitute provocation necessary to support jury charge on voluntary manslaughter
• trial court did not err in deciding not to charge jury on mutual combat where appellant testified that he threw a television at the victim and killed him only after the victim first attacked him with scissors
• trial court did not err in failing to give charge on mutual combat where defendant testified he threw a television at the victim in order to protect himself after the victim had attacked him with a pair of scissors

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).