44 Ala. App. 145 - Davis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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1. “"However, here, in addition to appellant's rather extended imprisonment before confessing, we have a number of other coercive factors. We list the following: "a) At the time of his arrest, appellant was seventeen years old. "b) He was only booked by the Prichard police on a charge of `hold for investigation'. "c) He was held in Prichard City Jail for five days during which time a State witness stated that he confessed. "d) On release from the Prichard custody, appellant was delivered to the Mobile police and was kept in the city jail for seven days. "e) Appellant was booked in Mobile on a charge of `investigation of robbery'; the complaining witness had not been asked to sign a `John Doe' complaint. "f) During these seven days he twice confessed. "g) At no time either in Prichard or Mobile during the detention was appellant brought before a committing magistrate. "h) No cautions, warnings or advice as to rights to see friends, family, counsel or just remain silent are shown."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 47 Ala. App. 363 - Dannelly v. State

2. ““Appellant claims that he was not informed by the officers of his right to remain silent. Lt. Clark stated in his testimony that he advised appellant of this right, though not after the first occasion. If Lt. Clark failed to inform appellant of his rights at each interrogation, then this is a violation of appellant’s right to remain silent. Gideon v. Wainright, 372 U.S. 335 , 83 S.Ct. 792 , 9 L.Ed.2d 799 ; Escobedo v. Illinois, 378 U.S. 478 , 84 S.Ct. 1758 , 12 L.Ed.2d 977 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 47 Ala. App. 568 - Jones v. State