289 Ga. App. 326 - Nelson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
July 2014
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Batson v. Kentucky · Jackson v. Denno · Ake v. Oklahoma · Georgia v. McCollum · Turner v. State
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“[confessions of juveniles must be scanned with more care and received with greater caution than those of adults. Crawford v. State, 240 Ga. 321, 323 (1) ( 240 SE2d 824 ) (1977). (T)he question of a voluntary and knowing waiver depends on the totality of the circumstances(,) and the (S)tate has a heavy burden in showing that the juvenile did understand and waive his rights. ... Id.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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