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· 6/18/1997

State v. Loosli

Citations

  • 941 P.2d 1299
  • 130 Idaho 398
  • 1997 Ida. LEXIS 78

How courts have described this case

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  • holding the trial court correctly denied a motion to suppress a confession where the police picked the defendant up, took him voluntarily to the police station, questioned him in a small room, and informed the defendant of their opinion that a prosecution would be successful
  • Defendant's will was not overborne when officers told him that he would not be forgiven by God if he did not tell the truth.
  • interrogation not custodial where the defendant agreed to come to the police station to answer questions, the officers informed the defendant he was free to leave, and the defendant was allowed to leave after the questioning
  • the defendant’s confession of molesting a child was given voluntarily despite the police officers’ references to God and assertions that God would not forgive the defendant if he did not tell the truth
  • construing Troy, 124 Idaho at 214, 858 P.2d at 753

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Judges: McDevitt, Trout, Johnson, Silak, Schroeder

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