TODD JAMES ALCHIN v. EL MAR CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.

How courts have described this case

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• applying test to analogous circumstances of waiver of rights under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 [1966]
• “defendant’s IQ [intelligence quotient] alone does not require suppression of his statements, but is a factor to be considered”
• “If an offense is inherently dangerous to human life, commission of the crime that caused death constitutes first degree felony murder”
• Commonwealth bears burden of proving beyond reasonable doubt that defendant's statements were made voluntarily, i.e., that they were \the product of a rational intellect and a free will\
• “considerable prior experience” with the police supports finding of knowing and voluntary waiver
• defendant with intelligence quotient of sixty-five capable of waiving Miranda rights

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).