United States v. Rickey Lee Harris

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• acknowledging that preliminary finding of agency relationship may not be based entirely on out-of-court statement and looking to independent evidence to corroborate
• intro- duction of a 34-year-old certificate of insurance and testimony from the bank president that the premiums had been paid
• “A hearing will not be held on a defendant’s pre-trial motion to suppress merely because a defendant wants one. Rather, the defendant must demonstrate that a ‘significant disputed factual issue’ exists such that a hearing is required.”
• “Harris objects that he was threatened with false and misleading evidence, but even if this is the case, it is well settled that police may use small deceptions while interrogating witnesses.”
• \[I]t is well settled that police may use small deceptions while interrogating witnesses.\
• confession voluntary even though police solicited the confession by offering to reduce charges

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