Hastings v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “[T]he Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, as well as Art. I, § 14 of the Indiana Constitution, provides that persons shall be free from being compelled to make disclosures that might subject them to criminal prosecution or that might aid in convicting them. When reviewing cases involving involuntary disclosures, the Supreme Court of the United States has stated that “[t]he range of inquiry in this type of case must be broad,” and that “judgment in each instance [must] be based upon consideration of ‘the totality of the circumstances.’” A’review of the constitutional involuntariness is a question of law, not of fact, and will be decided by the court rather than the trier of fact. To admit a confession into evidence in the State of Indiana, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant knowingly and intelligently waived his right not to incriminate himself. In determining whether the State has met this burden, a court on appeal will take into consideration the entire record.”

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

2. “[w]hile not expressly given law enforcement status, the level of cooperation between the Department of Public Welfare in a CHINS proceeding and the police and prosecutor's office in a related criminal proceeding is such that any effort to deny a caseworker's status as an agent of the state in these cases would be ludicrous.”

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