United States v. Charles W. Westbrook

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• applying Innis, we ask whether a reasonable, objective observer would believe the officer’s question was “reasonably likely to elicit” an incriminating response
• \nothing in this record leads us to believe the agents misled him or exploited Mr. Westbrook’s anxiety to the point that he was unable to make a rational decision about whether to confess\
• “In light of the fact that every constitutional challenge to the penalty differential ... has failed, this argument cannot succeed.”
• “In light of the fact that every constitutional challenge to the penalty differential ... has failed, this argument cannot succeed.”
• \[I]t was within the authority of Congress under the Commerce Clause to create drug laws criminalizing narcotics transactions such as those found under 21 U.S.C. § 846 and 841.\
• “It is not improperly coercive conduct for an officer to tell a suspect that the prosecutor will be informed of his cooperation and will evaluate his case in light of his cooperation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).