People v. Makes

How courts have described this case

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• holding a confession to be admissible even though the police suggested to the defendant that “things may go easier” if she made a statement
• noting that the right to a speedy trial attaches when criminal prosecution begins, such as by arrest, and that the defendant could have demanded a speedy trial when he was placed on bail even though he was not charged until 30 months later
• noting that the right to a speedy trial attaches when criminal prosecution begins, such as by arrest, and that the defendant could have demanded a speedy trial when he was placed on bail even though he was not charged until 30 months later
• noting that the right to a speedy trial attaches when criminal prosecution begins, such as by arrest, and that the defendant could have demanded a speedy trial when he was placed on bail even though he was not charged until 30 months later
• confession was not excluded where police told the defendant “things may go easier” if she made a statement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).