State v. Pineda’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “[15] According to Detective Lopez, Kelly angrily responded that what had happened was accidental, and that she must have fallen asleep, because she could not remember anything past the point of what she had told us. What she had told us is what she had done, laying on the baby, holding her hand over the baby, placing her chest over the baby and then she says she had fallen asleep, and past that point, she couldn't remember anything. And then I asked her, did you intentionally suffocate___or did you suffocate the baby. She says,”

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   e.g. State v. Pineda

2. “and called 9-1-1. [4] Paramedics took Amber to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Her body did not show any sign of foul play. Kelly and Salvador reacted differently. Kelly did not manifest emotion, while Salvador wept openly. On March 3, about 12 hours after Amber's death, Detectives Lopez and Cronk interviewed Kelly at the family home. She was calm, polite, and did not cry; at times, she even laughed or giggled. Detective Lopez thought that”

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   e.g. State v. Pineda

3. “[5] On March 4, about 36 hours after Amber's death, the two detectives interviewed Kelly, by herself, at the police station. The interview lasted more than five hours. The detectives did not advise Kelly of her right to remain silent or her right to obtain counsel, and Kelly did not seek to invoke those rights. During the interview, Detective Lopez used, in his words, a”

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