TAKING A VOLUNTARY CONFESSION

• NCJ Number: 19767
• Journal: POLICE LAW QUARTERLY Volume: 4 Issue: 2 Dated: (JANUARY 1975) Pages: 5-10
• Author(s): M P Walsh
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: Illinois Institute of Technology
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A LIST OF FACTORS ARE PRESENTED THAT A TRIAL JUDGE IS LIKELY TO CONSIDER WHEN DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO ADMIT A CONFESSION AS EVIDENCE.

Abstract

THESE FACTORS ARE: AGE OF THE ACCUSED; SEX OF THE ACCUSED; EDUCATION OF THE ACCUSED; PRIOR POLICE EXPERIENCE OF THE ACCUSED: DELAY IN BRINGING THE ACCUSED BEFORE A JUDGE OR MAGISTRATE; LACK OF PHYSICAL COERCION: LACK OF PSYCHOLOGICAL OR MENTAL COERCION; LEGALITY OF THE ARREST; AND THE MIRANDA WARNINGS.