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State v. James

Citations

  • 858 P.2d 1012
  • 218 Utah Adv. Rep. 45
  • 1993 Utah App. LEXIS 131
  • 1993 WL 299678

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  • holding that the Utah Constitution does not require electronic recording of custodial interrogations
  • explaining that the court denied the motion to suppress and then “later executed findings of fact submitted by counsel for the State”
  • holding defendant's post-Miranda confession admissible because it was not obtained by coercion, even though post-Mi-ramda confession followed initial unwarned admission
  • describing numerous reasons for recording interrogations, including avoiding unwarranted claims of coercion and coercive tactics by police
  • describing numerous reasons for recording interrogations, including avoiding unwarranted claims of coercion and coercive tactics by police
  • rejecting the defendant's argument \that the detectives' failure to record the interrogation verbatim violated his constitutional guarantee of due process under both the federal and state constitutions\

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Judges: Judges Garff, Greenwood, and Orme

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