Downey v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
August 2014
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Edwards v. Arizona · Davis v. United States · 451 So. 2d 743 - Neal v. State · 585 So. 2d 693 - Veal v. State
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“On July 22, 2009, the Jones County Sheriffs Department arrived at a house fire to find the home fully engulfed. Witnesses stated that before the fire, they had seen Nancy Downey walking away from the home and carrying a large, full bag. Deputy James Atkins went to the nearby home of Marvin Pruitt, Downey’s brother, to investigate. Downey and another woman answered the door. Downey lied to the deputy, claiming the other woman was Downey and that she did not start the fire, even though the deputy had not even questioned her about the fire at that point. However, the deputy knew Downey from a previous occasion and knew that she was lying. Downey then admitted to being in the home earlier that evening [smoking a cigarette that fell into some clothes and started a fire]. [A] bag of stolen items from the burned home was recovered from under a bed in Pruitt’s home.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Downey v. State
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