320 So. 2d 177 - State v. Ross’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
November 1983
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Johnson v. Louisiana · 298 So. 2d 798 - State v. Blackwell · 298 So. 2d 814 - State v. Sears · 298 So. 2d 781 - State v. Bradford
Most-quoted passages
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“"Low mentality and illiteracy in themselves are not grounds for ruling a confession involuntary. They are merely, like other factors, to be considered in the totality of the evidence on the issue. Here it is clear that Ross obeyed the innate compulsion to confess his transgression of the law. He understood he was giving a statement regarding his participation in the crime. He was, moreover, fully advised of his rights and admitted that he understood them. His later change of heart does not render the confession involuntary."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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