State v. Outing’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 40 state decisions

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1. ““ ‘When the State offers a confession in a criminal trial and the defendant objects on the ground it was not voluntary, the question thus raised is determined by the judge in a preliminary inquiry in the absence of the jury. . . . The trial judge hears the evidence, observes the demeanor of the witnesses and resolves the question.’ (Our italics.) S. v. Outing, 255 N.C. 468, 472 , 121 S.E. 2d 847, 849 , cert. den. 369 U.S. 807 , 7 L. Ed. 2d 555 , 82 S. Ct. 652 . Accord: S. v. Barnes, 264 N.C. 517 , 142 S.E. 2d 344 ; S. v. Gray, 268 N.C. 69 , 150 S.E. 2d 1 .””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Barber · State v. Vickers

2. “(I)n all the cases that have come here * * * from the courts of the various States in which it was claimed that the admission of coerced confessions vitiated convictions for murder, there has been complete agreement that any conflict in testimony as to what actually led to a contested confession is not this Court's concern. Such conflict comes here authoritatively resolved by the State's adjudication.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Barnes