People v. Purnell

How courts have described this case

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• noting, in upholding waiver, that defendant had no history of mental illness or intellectual disability
• noting, in upholding waiver, that defendant had no history of mental illness or intellectual disability
• “While there is no burden on defendant to prove his innocence, if he elects to explain the circumstances, he is bound to tell a reasonable story or be judged by its improbabilities and inconsistencies”
• “While there is no burden on defendant to prove his innocence, if he elects to explain the circumstances, he is bound to tell a reasonable story or be judged by its improbabilities and inconsistencies”
• “no specific formula” required to determine whether waiver validly made

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).