· 5/16/1977
United States v. Rufus Gaines
Citations
- 555 F.2d 618
- 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 13379
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- acknowledging that trial judge retains discretion to exclude confessions for unreasonable pre-presentation delay over six hours
- asserting that its approach was consistent with Halbert
- asserting that its approach was consistent with Halbert
- if defendant had shown that federal agents colluded with local police to keep in custody in order to obtain a confession from him, suppression would be required
- “Impliedly, at the very least, we have required a defendant to establish that a delay was deliberately induced for the express purpose of producing evidence.”
- “[S]tate courts are empowered to establish prophylactic rules in order to ensure compliance with state constitutional provisions.”
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Judges: Cummings, Pell, Campbell
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