Utah Supreme Court· 7/5/1989

State v. Strain

Citations

779 P.2d 221
112 Utah Adv. Rep. 7
1989 Utah LEXIS 76
1989 WL 92225

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recognizing that, under totality of circumstances test, a threat or promise does not render confession inadmissible absent reliance
holding that detective’s advisement that suspect had the right to have an attorney appointed for him by court “at a later date” was not defective under Miranda
holding that detective's advisement that suspect had the right to have an attorney appointed for him by court \at a later date\ was not defective under Miranda
stating that mere “appeals to the defendant that full cooperation would be his best course of action” is not coercive (citations omitted)
stating that mere \appeals to the defendant that full cooperation would be his best course of action\ is not coercive (citations omitted)
explaining that police conduct is impermissibly coercive when it “carrie[s] a threat of greater punishment or a promise for lesser punishment depending on whether [the accused] confesse[s]”

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Judges: Howe, Zimmerman, Hall, Stewart, Durham

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