United States v. Lall’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 state decisions

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1. “It is inconceivable that Lall, an uncounseled twenty-year-old, understood at the time that a promise by Gaudio that he was not going to pursue any charges did not preclude the use of the confession in a federal prosecution. Indeed, it is utterly unreasonable to expect any uncounseled layperson, especially someone in Lall’s position, to so parse Gaudio’s words. On the contrary, the only plausible interpretation of Gaudio’s representations, semantic technicalities aside, was that the information Lall provided would not be used against him by Gaudio or anyone else. Under these circumstances, Gaudio’s statements were sufficient to render Lall’s confession involuntary and to undermine completely the prophylactic effect of the Miranda warnings Gaudio previously administered.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Cordova

2. “The burden is on the prosecution to establish, by a preponderance of the evidence, that a challenged confession was voluntary.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 334 F. Supp. 3d 1284 - United States v. Sanchez