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· 3/9/2022

Vonda L. Collier v. Hayward Collier

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  • holding that officers raising the possibility of charging the defendant’s mother as an accessory was not sufficient to find the defendant’s confession involuntary
  • holding'that murder suspect’s desire to protect his mother after police suggested she might be charged as an accessory for her role in the cover up did not make his confession involuntary
  • suffering of victim relevant to whether defendant’s actions constituted extreme atrocity or cruelty
  • \officer suggesting that the defendant should tell `his side of the story' fell short of the assurance prohibited in Meehan \
  • “officer suggesting that the defendant should tell ‘his side of the story’ fell short of the assurance prohibited in Meehan”
  • erroneous admission of prior consistent statement, not objected to at trial, did not create substantial likelihood of miscarriage of justice

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