Lord v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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1. “If we would assume for the sake of argument that appellant should not have been interrogated following his statement concerning counsel, we nevertheless would find that no reversible error occurred in view of the fact appellant had made a complete confession before inquiring about a lawyer. An examination of the statements made by appellant after that time clearly demonstrate that he made no additional statement nor did he contradict anything he had stated previously. Appellant suffered no prejudice by the interrogation that followed his inquiry concerning a lawyer.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lord v. Duckworth

2. “the officer was not making any promise or offering to make a deal himself. He was merely asking appellant 'what if the prosecutor would make a deal, would appellant then be willing to talk.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lord v. Duckworth

3. “When the entire transcript of the interrogation is examined, it becomes clear that the officers in this case did not induce appellant's statements by making improper promises.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lord v. Duckworth