Archive for March, 2011

Do NOT believe promises of leniency made by police.

Monday, March 7th, 2011

During a police interrogation they promised the defendant leniency and got their confession.  Defendant argued that his confession should not be admitted as evidence against him.  The standard Courts use to determine if a confession should be admitted into evidence is whether the statements were made voluntarily.  Under the totality of the circumstances, defendant’s confession was not involuntary, and accordingly, is admissible evidence against him in a Court of law. 

State v. Dixon, No. 95181 (Mo. App. E.D., December 21, 2010)