355 Ill. Dec. 613 - People v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “"(1) the location, time, length, mood, and mode of the questioning; (2) the number of police officers present during the interrogation; (3) the presence or absence of the individual's family and friends; (4) any indicia of a formal arrest procedure, such as the show of weapons or force, physical restraint, booking, or fingerprinting; (5) how the individual arrived at the place of questioning; and (6) the age, intelligence, and mental makeup of the accused." Wright , 2011 IL App (4th) 100047 , ¶ 29, 355 Ill.Dec. 613 , 960 N.E.2d 56 (citing Slater , 228 Ill. 2d at 150 , 319 Ill.Dec. 862 , 886 N.E.2d at 995 ); see also Braggs , 209 Ill. 2d at 506 , 284 Ill.Dec. 682 , 810 N.E.2d at 482 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Beck

2. “With respect to the latter inquiry, the accepted test is what a reasonable person, innocent of any crime, would have thought had he or she been in the defendant's shoes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Beck

3. “questioning initiated by law enforcement officers after a person has been taken into custody or otherwise deprived of his freedom of action in any significant way.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Beck