State v. Orscanin’s Empirical Analysis

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21 state decisions

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1. “Whether defendant’s confession was voluntary turns on a determination of defendant’s state of mind at the time of the confession. Was defendant subjectively induced to confess or was his confession the product of a free-will decision? We must review the facts surrounding the confession, determine how defendant reacted to these external facts, and decide the legal significance of how he reacted.”

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

2. “[defendant's testimony * * * is replete with qualifying phrases such as “from what I gathered” or “as what I took it.” * * * For a defendant to persuade a court that his confession was induced by a promise of leniency, he must make a stronger showing of specific inducements than defendant has made here.”

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