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· 6/28/1946

Protests 42242-K of Uddo Taormina Corp.

Citations

  • 17 Cust. Ct. 160

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  • holding that the quid pro quo in detectives’ statements was clear when detectives told the defendant that he could either admit to the crime and “start the healing process” or continue to deny respon- sibility and no one would believe him
  • suppressing a confession when the offi- cer implied that, by confessing, the defendant would receive “treatment” rather than “punishment”
  • “As the party with the burden of proving that defendant’s statements were voluntary, the state bears the consequence of that ambiguity.”
  • officer’s statements regarding treatment could be viewed as unlawful inducement whether “viewed as a promise of a less severe outcome or as a promise of no pun- ishment whatsoever”
  • discussing quid pro quo requirement

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Judges: Keefe

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