United States v. Richard D. Smith

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• \The evidence of the family members and friends was properly excluded as irrelevant.\
• once a defendant’s statement or confession is received in evidence, the jury must hear all relevant evidence on the issue of voluntariness and shall be instructed to accord the statement or confession the appropriate weight warranted by the circumstances
• where evidence of guilt is overwhelming erroneous exclusion of evidence is harmless
• state of mind at time of confession

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).