338 So. 2d 524 - Mitchell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
November 1986
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Blackburn v. Alabama · 339 So. 2d 1035 - Lewis v. State · 49 Ala. App. 601 - Wade v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“"In order to hold that the appellant was incapable of voluntarily confessing, we would have to take judicial notice of a fact not in evidence, i.e. that a person with an I.Q. of 65 does not have the mental capacity to voluntarily confess. This we cannot do. The appellant's expert witness testified that the appellant knew right from wrong and that an I.Q. of 65 indicated moderate mental retardation. There was no evidence as to what effect an I.Q. of 65 has on one's capacity to make a knowing, intelligent, and voluntary confession."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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