free and voluntary confession
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From 316 U.S. 547 - Ward v. State of Texas · 1942Most cited · 293 citing opinions
this confession was not free and voluntary but was the product of coercion and duress, that petitioner was no longer able freely to admit or to deny or to refuse to answer, and that he was willing to make any statement that the officers wanted him to make