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Preston v. State

Citations

  • 647 S.E.2d 260
  • 282 Ga. 210
  • 2007 Fulton County D. Rep. 1985
  • 2007 Ga. LEXIS 477

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the interviewing officer’s discussion of the death penalty and life without parole “amounted to no more than an explanation of the seriousness of [the suspect’s] situation”
  • interrogating officer’s discussion of death penalty and life without parole and his statement that district attorney based charges brought on a recommendation from police did not amount to hope of benefit
  • officer’s discussion about punishment was no more than explanation of the seriousness of defendant’s situation
  • in the absence of an explicit promise of a lighter sentence, officer’s discussion of the death penalty and life without parole was not a hope of benefit but an explanation of the seriousness of the defendant’s situation
  • “Admonitions to tell the truth will not invalidate a confession.”

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Judges: Benham, Thompson, Divisions, Carley, Hines

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