Supreme Court of Vermont· 6/18/1993

State v. Roberts

Citations

631 A.2d 835
160 Vt. 385
1993 Vt. LEXIS 66

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reasoning that officer who told suspect that his cooperation could result in reduced bail was making prediction about value of cooperation and did not render resulting confession involuntary
concluding under Article 11 and Fourth Amendment “that, if the officer had a reasonable belief that the premises had been abandoned, his entry was lawful even if the premises had not been abandoned”
police prediction that a statement by defendant might result in reduced bail was not sufficiently coercive to render subsequent confession involuntary
police prediction that a statement by defendant might result in reduced bail was not sufficiently coercive to render subsequent confession involuntary
where phone was disconnected, electricity was shut off, rent was two months in arrears, and rental agent believed that tenant had skipped out, landlord had apparent authority to consent to search even though personal property remained in house

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Judges: Allen, Gibson, Dooley, Morse, Johnson

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