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Taylor v. State

Citations

  • 553 S.E.2d 598
  • 274 Ga. 269
  • 2001 Fulton County D. Rep. 2969
  • 2001 Ga. LEXIS 776

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  • saying that the defendant’s statement was voluntary because it was not elicited by a “hope of benefit,” and “because the gun was [thus] the fruit of a voluntary statement, ... it is admissible at [the defendant’s] trial”
  • saying that the defendant’s statement was voluntary because it was not elicited by a “hope of benefit,” and “because the gun was [thus] the fruit of a voluntary statement, . . . it is admissible at [the defendant’s] trial”
  • noting the distinction between statements which are given involuntarily and those which are given in violation of Miranda
  • generally, reward of a lighter sentence is the “hope of benefit” to which OCGA § 24-3-50 refers
  • there was “an absence of demonstrated historical facts that the police were moving inevitably to the discovery of the gun” absent the illegal conduct
  • \[T]he `fruit' of a Miranda violation is not subject to the exclusionary rule under Georgia law.\ (footnote omitted)

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Judges: Fletcher, Benham, Divisions

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