71 So. 3d 802 - Baker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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24 state decisions

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1. “[T]he test is ... one of voluntariness, or free will, which is to be determined by an examination of the totality of the circumstances surrounding the confession. Moreover, to establish that a statement is involuntary, there must be a finding of coercive police conduct. 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. Thus, whether the confession is admissible depends on (1) whether the interrogating officers engaged in coercive activity, and (2) whether that activity was sufficient to overcome the free will of the defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 151 So. 3d 4 - Lavonte Davis v. State

2. “[I]t is not this Court’s function to reweigh the evidence to determine whether the State proved each aggravating circumstance beyond a reasonable doubt — that is the trial court’s job. Rather, our task on appeal is to review the record to determine [1] whether the trial court applied the right rule of law for each aggravating circumstance and, if so [2] whether competent substantial evidence supports its finding.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 87 So. 3d 730 - Ellerbee v. State