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· 4/14/1994

State v. Leuthavone

Citations

  • 640 A.2d 515
  • 1994 R.I. LEXIS 119
  • 1994 WL 127102

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • considering, for purpose of a finding of voluntariness, that the defendant presented no evidence that the officer “manipulated him in any way”
  • analyzing when a waiver becomes knowing and intelligent under the totality of circumstances
  • “ ‘all facts and circumstances surrounding the [statement] must be taken into account in determining whether, overall, [it] was freely and voluntarily made’ ”
  • The \waiver must have been made with a full awareness of both the nature of the right being abandoned and the consequences of the decision to abandon it.\

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Judges: Lederberg

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