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State v. Dennis

Citations

  • 893 A.2d 250
  • 2006 R.I. LEXIS 35
  • 2006 WL 668420

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that Harnois was not implicated because the statement at issue was made to the defendant by detectives
  • stating that “the ultimate question of whether a confession was given voluntarily is legal in nature, and this Court undertakes a de novo review of questions of law”
  • “[T]he ultimate question of whether a confession was given voluntarily is legal in nature, and ‘this Court undertakes a de novo review of questions of law and mixed questions of law and fact - 16 - insofar as those issues involve constitutional issues.’”
  • complaining witness admitted prior false claim of rape

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Judges: Williams, Goldberg, Flaherty, Suttell, Robinson

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