· 10/22/1980
Toliver v. Gathright
Citations
- 501 F. Supp. 148
- 1980 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14921
How courts have described this case
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- observing that \all of the circumstances point toward the conclusion that ... informing [a suspect] of [a] statement implicating him was likely to prompt petitioner to incriminate himself\
- confronting an accused with incriminating evidence against him is a common and traditional method of prompting a recalcitrant witness to confess
- telling accused that an accomplice had implicated him in the crime constituted interrogation
- admission into evidence of confession obtained in response to interrogation after defendant invoked right to silence violated his constitutional privilege against self-incrimination
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Judges: Merhige
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