Posey v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[A] confession or statement relating to culpability may be admitted into evidence if it is given freely and voluntarily, and without the influence of promises or threats. Pinkney v. State, 538 So.2d 829, 342 (Miss.1988) ... A volunteered statement, voiced without prompting or interrogation, is admissible in evidence if made prior to the warning and of course if it were voluntarily and spontaneously made subsequent to [the Miranda warning], it would remain admissible in evidence. Burge v. State, 282 So.2d 223, 226 (Miss.1973). Furthermore, this Court has said an officer is not required to turn a “deaf ear” to such statements. Burge, 282 So.2d at 226 . This Court will not reverse a trial court’s finding regarding the admission of a [culpable statement] unless it is manifestly wrong. Lockett v. State, 517 So.2d 1317, 1328 (Miss.1987).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 868 So. 2d 1030 - Murphy v. State