Legal Updates Fall 2018
Written By:
Reid
Nov 20, 2018
The Legal Updates Fall 2018 column contains cases which address the following issues:
- Confession was suppressed when request to stop answering questions was ignored (value of the video in supporting defendant�s claims)
- Confession found inadmissible when investigators did not honor the defendant�s request for an attorney
- Reference to the fact that the defendant�s girl friend would be arrested was not coercive
- Court finds that testimony by investigator �concerning body language indicative of deception� was inadmissible
- Value of video in contradicting defendant�s claim
- Court rejects the claim that the �false friend technique� and misrepresenting the strength of evidence against the defendant were coercive