Robert Steven Winfrey v. Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary and State of Iowa

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• concluding that defendant's murder confession was voluntary even though defendant was encouraged to talk because of erroneous belief that if the shooting was accidental it would negate an element of the offense
• concluding that defendant's murder confession was voluntary even though defendant was encouraged to talk because of erroneous belief that if the shooting was accidental it would negate an element of the offense
• concluding that defendant's murder confession was voluntary even though defendant was encouraged to talk because of erroneous belief that if the shooting was accidental it would negate an element of the offense
• finding confession voluntary where defendant had dull-normal IQ and mental age of 14 or 15
• finding confession voluntary where defendant had dull-normal IQ and mental age of 14 or 15
• finding confession voluntary where defendant had dull-normal IQ and mental age of 14 or 15

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