557 So. 2d 851 - Baker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “"The fact that a defendant may suffer from a mental impairment or low intelligence will not, without other evidence, render a confession involuntary. See Colorado v. Connelly , 479 U.S. 157 , 107 S.Ct. 515 , 520 , 93 L.Ed.2d 473 (1986); Singleton v. Thigpen , 847 F.2d 668 (11th Cir. 1988); Whittle v. State , 518 So.2d 793 (Ala.Cr.App. 1987); Holladay v. State , 549 So.2d 122 (Ala.Cr.App. 1988), aff'd , 549 So.2d 135 (Ala. 1989). The United States Supreme Court, in Connelly , 479 U.S. at 164 , 107 S.Ct. at 520 , 93 L.Ed.2d at 482 , stated: 'Absent police conduct causally related to the confession, there is simply no basis for concluding that any state actor has deprived a criminal defendant of due process of law.' "”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 596 So. 2d 598 - State v. Austin · 599 So. 2d 60 - Baker v. State

2. ““In determining the voluntariness of a confession, the court must examine all of the attendant circumstances. Agee v. State, 465 So.2d 1196 (Ala.Cr.App.1984). ‘The true test of determining whether extrajudicial confessions are voluntary is whether the defendant’s will was overborne at the time he confessed so that the confession was not the product of rational intellect and a free will.’ Thomas v. State, 531 So.2d 45, 47 (Ala.Cr.App.1988) (citations omitted).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carden v. State