Wainwright v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

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1. “the agreement between the parties was a fait accompli. There was no need for `free and open discussions,' i.e., privileged discussions, since the deal already had been sealed. No public policy would be furthered by suppressing such statements.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 896 So. 2d 695 - Wainwright v. State · 769 So. 2d 1051 - Rosenquist v. State

2. “[Wainwright] was arrested in Mississippi and voluntarily returned to Florida. On his return, officers reached an agreement with Wainwright and his lawyer [3] whereby the State would not seek the death penalty if Wainwright met three conditions: (1) He did not contribute to Gayheart's death; (2) he was truthful in his conversations with police; and (3) he passed a lie detector test. Pursuant to this agreement, Wainwright made a number of incriminating statements from May 9 to May 20, 1994, and assisted officers in recovering evidence of the crime. When he was transported to the State Attorney's office on May 20, however, he conferred with his lawyer, admitted for the first time that had [sic] sexually assaulted Gayheart, and refused to take the lie detector test. Police had no further contact with Wainwright after that point.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 896 So. 2d 695 - Wainwright v. State