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182 N.W.2d 396

State v. Williams

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 15, 1970

Supreme Court of Iowa · decided 1970-12-15

Cited by 17 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 1985

6 federal appellate · 7 state decisions

Relies on Blackburn v. Alabama

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Decided 1970-12-15

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RAWLINGS, Justice

¶1(dissenting).

¶2In my opinion the facts set forth in Justice Stuart’s dissent lead unalterably to the conclusion he reaches.

¶3The statements made to defendant on the trip from Davenport to Des Moines were *409nothing less than a species of subtle but effective persuasion.

¶4Whether these statements by Officer Learning be classified as declaratory or interrogatory in form, they were designed to elicit a statement or confession by defendant.

¶5The inculpatory statements made by defendant as a result thereof should have been excluded.

¶6In support hereof see Blackburn v. Alabama, 361 U.S. 199, 80 S.Ct. 274, 4 L.Ed.2d 242, and cases cited.

¶7MASON AND BECKER, JJ., join in this dissent.

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