Burden Of Proof For Confession Voluntariness

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• Reddish v. State
  167 So. 2d 858· Fla.· 1964-07-22 ·cited 111×
  Joe Reddish was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for killing Deputy Sheriff Croft while resisting arrest on a separate weapons charge. The Florida Supreme Court reversed the conviction, holding that two confessions obtained while Reddish was under the influ
• Davis v. State
  90 Fla. 317· Fla.· 1925-10-08 ·cited 82×
  Four men were convicted of breaking and entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor and petty larceny after confessing to the crimes. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed their convictions, rejecting challenges to the admission of their confessions and other trial errors.
• Sims v. State
  59 Fla. 38· Fla.· 1910-01-01 ·cited 71×
  Edward Sims was convicted of first-degree murder for cutting a man with a knife on a railroad track, resulting in the victim's death days later. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the conviction, rejecting Sims's various evidentiary challenges on appeal, holding that testimony re
• State v. Chorpenning
  294 So. 2d 54· Fla. 2d DCA· 1974-05-01 ·cited 36×
  Florida appeals a trial court's suppression of the defendant's confessions to murder and assault. The court affirmed the suppression, finding the confessions involuntary based on police coercion, false promises of release, threats regarding child custody, and the defendant's ment
• Cochran v. State
  117 So. 2d 544· Fla. 3d DCA· 1960-02-04 ·cited 20×
  Thomas Cochran was convicted of lewd and lascivious assault on a 13-year-old girl and sentenced to four years imprisonment. The Florida District Court of Appeal reversed his conviction, holding that the trial court erred by failing to advise the unrepresented defendant of his con
• Prudence F. Williams v. State
  441 So. 2d 653· Fla. 3d DCA· 1983-10-04 ·cited 18×
  Prudence Williams appeals her first-degree grand theft conviction based on the denial of her motion to suppress her confession. The Florida appellate court reversed the conviction and suppressed the confession, finding that law enforcement officers extracted it through lies, thre
• Arrington v. Maxwell
  409 F.2d 849· 6th Cir.· 1969-05-05 ·cited 18×
  The court held that remanding the case to the state trial court for a determination of the voluntariness of the admissions under the correct legal standard was permissible, and that the admissions were not inadmissible under Massiah v. United States.
• Johnson v. Hall
  605 F.2d 577· 1st Cir.· 1979-09-10 ·cited 14×
  The court held that the appellant's confession was voluntary under the totality of the circumstances, despite factors like his injuries, low intelligence, and lack of Miranda warnings.
• Porter v. State
  410 So. 2d 164· Fla. 3d DCA· 1981-11-17 ·cited 12×
  Wallace Jerome Porter was convicted of first-degree murder and kidnapping after a jury trial and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences. The Florida Third District Court of Appeal reversed and remanded for a new trial, finding that Porter's confessions were involuntary due t
• Finley v. State
  378 So. 2d 842· Fla. 1st DCA· 1979-12-19 ·cited 10×
  Finley appeals his conviction for first-degree murder and armed robbery, challenging the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress confessions and admissions. The appellate court affirmed the conviction, finding the statements were voluntarily made and properly admitted into
• Brockelbank v. State
  407 So. 2d 368· Fla. 2d DCA· 1981-12-18 ·cited 8×
  Brockelbank was convicted of ten counts of burglary and grand theft based on confessions obtained after police promised to release him from custody. The court reversed his conviction, holding that confessions induced by promises of benefit are involuntary and inadmissible.
• State v. Harris
  276 So. 2d 845· Fla. 4th DCA· 1973-04-17 ·cited 8×
  The State appeals a trial court's order suppressing a defendant's oral confession for being involuntary. The appellate court reversed and remanded because the trial judge applied an incorrect legal standard (clear and convincing evidence instead of preponderance of the evidence)
• Kennedy v. State
  641 So. 2d 135· Fla. 5th DCA· 1994-07-01 ·cited 4×
  Brian P. Kennedy appeals his conviction for first-degree felony murder, robbery, and grand theft of a motor vehicle, challenging the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress his confession. The court affirmed, holding that although the interrogating officer's reference to i
• Hampton v. State
  354 So. 2d 443· Fla. 2d DCA· 1978-01-25 ·cited 2×
  Appellant Hampton appealed the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress a confession obtained during robbery investigation. The appellate court held that the trial court erred by refusing to hear police testimony on the voluntariness of the confession and remanded the case
• Burwick v. State
  254 So. 2d 36· Fla. 3d DCA· 1971-11-02 ·cited 1×
  Catherine Burwick was convicted by jury of second-degree arson for setting fire to a school building in Dade County, Florida, and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. On appeal, she challenged the admission of her oral confession, arguing it was coerced by sleep deprivation. The
• Burton Donald Woods, III v. Armontrout
  787 F.2d 304· 8th Cir.· 1986-03-20
  The court held that the federal district court erred by applying the presumption of correctness under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) to the state court's determination of confession voluntariness, which requires independent federal review.