New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 7/7/2003

State v. Patton

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826 A.2d 783
362 N.J. Super. 16

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acknowledging that police are permitted the use of trickery in interrogations but drawing the line at fabricating physical evidence
holding the defendant was coerced when the police fabricated an audio tape depicting a fake eye- 16 A-0359-15T3 witness to the crime
recognizing the inherently coercive nature of providing a suspect with a falsified eyewitness account of the crime
holding \the use of police-fabricated evidence to induce a confession that is then used at trial to support the voluntariness of a confession is per se a violation of due process\
noting our courts \have permitted the use of trickery in interrogations.\
fabrication of evidence by police to elicit a confession violates due process, and any resulting confession is per se inadmissible

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Judges: Judges Conley, Carchman and Parrillo

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