Interrogations, confessions and other statements

• Pages: 233-262
• Author: Thomas J. Farrell,Brandon D. Minde

INTERROGATIONS,

CONFESSIONS AND

OTHER STATEMENTS

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CHAPTER 8

INTERROGATIONS,

CONFESSIONS AND

OTHER STATEMENTS

I. INTERROGATIONS AND CONFESSIONS

A. General Points

§8:01 Move to Suppress

§8:02 Working With a Confession

B. The Fourth Amendment

§8:10 Statements Are Suppressed if Arrest Is Illegal

§8:11 Burden Is on Prosecutor

C. Miranda

§8:20 Necessity for Miranda Warnings

§8:21 Custody for Purposes of Miranda

§8:22 Miranda Waivers

§8:23 Miranda Exceptions: Booking and Pedigree Questions

§8:24 Miranda Exceptions: Public Safety

§8:25 Miranda Violations

D. Right to Counsel

§8:30 Fifth Amendment (Before Charge)

§8:31 Asserting the Fifth Amendment Right to Counsel

§8:32 Sixth Amendment Post-Charge Right to Counsel

§8:33 Waiver of Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel

§8:34 State and Ethical Right to Counsel Rules

E. Involuntary Confessions

§8:40 General Points

§8:41 Totality of the Circumstances

§8:42 Threats or Appeals to Friendship

§8:43 Weakened Defendants

§8:44 Misrepresentations

§8:45 Fabricated Evidence

§8:46 Burden of Proof

§8:47 The Common Law Rule of Unreliability

§8:48 Procedure for Challenging the Confession

§8:49 Preparing an Involuntariness Claim

§8:50 Expert Testimony

§8:51 Passcodes, Technology, Decryption, and their Testimonial Nature

INTERROGATIONS,

CONFESSIONS AND

OTHER STATEMENTS

Criminal Defense Tools and Techniques 8-2

F. Dealing With the Confession at Trial

§8:60 The Unrecorded But Noted Confession

§8:61 The Confession Nowhere Noted

§8:62 The Recorded Confession

§8:63 Corpus Delicti

§8:64 The “Humane” or Massachusetts Rule

§8:65 Co-Defendant’s Confession

G. Use of the Defendant’s Silence

§8:70 General Points

§8:71 Pre- Arrest Silence

§8:72 Post-Arrest, Pre-Miranda Silence

§8:73 Post-Arrest, Post-Miranda Silence

II. OTHER STATEMENTS

A. The Fifth Amendment

§8:80 Invoking the Fifth Amendment Privilege

§8:81 No Adverse Inferences May Be Drawn

§8:82 Civil or Administrative Proceedings

B. Exculpatory Statements

§8:90 False Exculpatory Statements

§8:91 Exculpatory Statements

III. FORMS

Form 8-1 Motion and Supporting Brief to Suppress Statements (Unknowing Waiver)

Form 8 -2 Motion and Supporting Brief to Suppress Statements (Custody, Invocation of Right to Remain Silent)