United States v. J. Alan Olmstead

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• holding that trickery must be “assessed against the factual background of the accused and the interrogation” to determine voluntariness
• holding that law enforcement officers have no duty to inform suspects of the nature of the crime being investigated unless the suspect asks and fail- ing to tell would be misleading
• holding that law enforcement was not required to correct suspect's erroneous assumption that, as a condition of talking with the law enforcement, his statements would not be used against him in any way
• finding no misstatement when the officer “refused to give assurances that [the defendant] would not become a target [of the investigation] in the future”
• finding no misstatement when the officer “refused to give assurances that [the defendant] would not become a target [of the investigation] in the future”
• confes- sion not involuntary where \interview was conducted in [the defen- dant's] home in the presence of his wife\

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