People v. Tankleff’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 federal appellate ·

Most-quoted passages

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1. “We agree with the defendant to the extent that he argues that the evidence presented by the prosecution is far more consistent with the conclusion that he intended to kill his mother than with the jury's conclusion that he killed her recklessly. However, we are not free to vacate a conviction based on a finding of recklessness merely because we ourselves consider that a finding of intent would have been more plausible in light of the evidence . . . . The jury's conclusion that the defendant lacked a conscious objective to kill while he was beating his mother to death is not irrational, and should be upheld.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fama v. Commissioner of Correctional Services

2. “[u]nder these circumstances, the issuance of the Miranda warnings to the defendant shortly after the ruse was insufficient to dissipate the taint of the previous improper police conduct, as the defendant was subjected to continuous custodial questioning.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tankleff v. Da Senkowski

3. “even after employing the ruse, the interrogating detectives continued to question the defendant without the benefit of Miranda warnings until he began to break and give inculpatory statements.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tankleff v. Da Senkowski