107 So. 3d 281 - Martin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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1. “[l]aw enforcement must be afforded some leeway in how they conduct interrogations to -ensure public safety and to further their objective of locating a missing person who might still be alive. The interview here cannot be characterized as so coercive as to render [the appellant’s] confession involuntary.. Although some of the tactics and techniques used by the detectives may have been less than ideal, [the detectives] did not directly threaten, deceive, or delude Martin into confessing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 184 So. 3d 1138 - Bussey v. State

2. “[t]he detectives’ comments regarding the death penalty, and the realities of trial, were not made to incite fear in [the appellant],--but were part of a larger conversation regarding possible penalties [he] could face in the absence of further explanation from him-with regard to what happened the last time he and [the victim] were together.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 184 So. 3d 1138 - Bussey v. State

3. “[t]he officers raised the spectre of the electric chair, suggested that they had the power to effect leniency, and suggested to the appellant that he would not be given a fair trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. ANDRE WILSON, JR. v. STATE OF FLORIDA