Supreme Court of Connecticut· 7/24/1990

State v. Whitaker

Citations

215 Conn. 739
578 A.2d 1031
1990 Conn. LEXIS 267

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considering fact that juvenile defendant had prior experience with police in its volun- tariness analysis
no requirement for corroborative witness to defendant’s waiver of Miranda rights or requirement that confession be witnessed by someone other than officer taking statement
in determining whether defendant voluntarily waived Miranda rights, court “defer[s] to trial court’s findings on subsidiary factual questions, as compared with the ultimate legal finding of voluntariness”
police under no duty to inform young defendant that parent was attempting to contact him
whether police officer truthfully testified that Miranda warnings were given is ‘‘question of credibility, and as such, is for the trier of fact to determine’’
in conducting review of decision on motion to suppress, appellate courts are not limited to evidence presented to trial court at suppression hearing

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Judges: Glass, Shea

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