Involuntary Confession

207 Florida cases classified under this topic, plus 489 listed through its narrower topics · sorted by citation count · see the citation graph · browse and sort

• United States ex rel. George Alvarez v. Murphy
  246 F.2d 871· 2d Cir.· 1957-07-09 ·cited 14×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the petitioner made a sufficient showing that his confession was coerced, entitling him to a hearing on his habeas corpus petition.
• Application of John Henry Tune
  230 F.2d 883· 3d Cir.· 1956-03-06 ·cited 14×
  The court held that the denial of pre-trial inspection of a confession did not violate due process where no prejudice was shown, and that a state's procedure allowing the trial judge, rather than the jury, to determine the voluntariness of a confession is constitutionally permiss
• Brown v. United States
  204 F.2d 298· 5th Cir.· 1953-05-15 ·cited 14×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the defendant intelligently waived his right to counsel at sentencing and that his confession was not coerced, thus affirming the denial of his motion to vacate the sentence.
• Voltz v. United States
  196 F.2d 298· 5th Cir.· 1952-05-10 ·cited 14×
  The court held that a defendant who pleads guilty, represented by counsel, cannot later use a motion to vacate sentence to challenge a coerced confession that did not affect the plea or sentence.
• Boone v. United States
  164 F.2d 102· D.C. Cir.· 1947-11-03 ·cited 14×·via Coerced Confession
  Unlawful detention alone does not render an otherwise voluntary confession inadmissible.
• Pyle v. United States
  156 F.2d 852· D.C. Cir.· 1946-06-28 ·cited 14×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the teletype message was improperly admitted into evidence because it accused the appellant of criminal offenses unrelated to the charge for which she was on trial, and her false statement regarding the voluntariness of her prior statement was not material to
• Williamson v. State OF Ala.
  441 F.2d 549· 5th Cir.· 1971-04-23 ·cited 13×·via Coerced Confession
  A guilty plea waives non-jurisdictional defects, and a plea to avoid the death penalty is not involuntary.
• Buchanan v. State of Fla. ex rel. Clyde R. Husk
  167 So. 2d 38· Fla. 3d DCA· 1964-08-25 ·cited 13×·via Coerced Confession
  A civil engineer charged with accepting a bribe through a go-between was discharged via habeas corpus by the circuit court, which held that the information failed to state a crime and that he had acquired immunity from prior interrogation. The Florida appellate court reversed, ho
• Phillips v. State
  877 So. 2d 912· Fla. 4th DCA· 2004-07-21 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  The appellate court held that the defendant's claim regarding inadequate Miranda warnings was not preserved for review because it was not specifically raised in the trial court. The court also found no fundamental error.
• Stano v. Dugger
  883 F.2d 900· 11th Cir.· 1989-08-22 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  Gerald Eugene Stano appealed the denial of his federal habeas corpus petition challenging his death sentence for the 1983 murder of Cathy Scharf. Stano raised fourteen constitutional claims, including Brady violations for suppressed exculpatory evidence, restrictions on presentin
• Fierro v. Lynaugh
  879 F.2d 1276· 5th Cir.· 1989-08-14 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the petitioner's conviction and sentence were constitutional, and his claims regarding coerced confession, insufficient evidence, improper testimony, and failure to consider mitigating evidence were without merit or procedurally barred.
• United States v. Coon
  805 F.2d 822· 8th Cir.· 1986-11-21 ·cited 12×
  A defendant's guilty plea is not rendered involuntary by a prosecutor's misstatement of the maximum fine if the defendant is informed of the correct maximum before entering the plea and the plea is otherwise voluntary.
• United States v. Crooks
  766 F.2d 7· 1st Cir.· 1985-06-26 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support the conspiracy conviction, and that the trial court did not err in denying severance, suppressing statements, or admitting co-conspirator statements.
• State v. Jones
  461 So. 2d 97· Fla.· 1984-12-20 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  Florida Supreme Court held that a store employee's detention of a suspected shoplifter does not constitute state action triggering Fifth Amendment protections, thus allowing testimony about the suspect's silence during pre-arrest questioning. The court rejected the Third District
• Hawk v. Solem
  693 F.2d 825· 8th Cir.· 1982-12-03 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  A guilty plea is not subject to collateral attack based on a coerced confession unless counsel was ineffective, and there is no constitutional right to a jury determination of competency to stand trial or plead guilty.
• 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
• United States v. Parker
  542 F.2d 932· 5th Cir.· 1976-11-18 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the trial court did not err in denying the motion to suppress the confession and that there was sufficient evidence to support the enhanced sentence for placing a postal employee's life in jeopardy.
• Ellis Coney, Jr. v. Wyrick
  532 F.2d 94· 8th Cir.· 1976-03-08 ·cited 12×
  The court held that the guilty pleas to robbery and rape were involuntary due to a misunderstanding of the sentencing terms, but the confessions were voluntary under the totality of the circumstances.
• United States ex rel. Spencer Broaddus v. Rundle
  429 F.2d 791· 3d Cir.· 1970-07-21 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  A guilty plea, entered with competent counsel, generally precludes collateral attack on the plea based on a prior coerced confession, and failure to object to evidence at a degree-of-guilt hearing constitutes a waiver.
• United States ex rel. William R. Liss v. Mancusi
  427 F.2d 225· 2d Cir.· 1970-06-01 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the petitioner's confessions were voluntary and that he received a full and fair hearing in the state courts, thus affirming the denial of his federal habeas corpus petition.
• Evans v. Beto
  415 F.2d 1129· 5th Cir.· 1969-09-17 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the appellant was not denied effective assistance of counsel and his confession was not coerced, affirming the denial of his habeas corpus petition.
• Burton v. State OF Ala.
  396 F.2d 755· 5th Cir.· 1968-06-25 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that a federal court cannot deny a habeas corpus petition based on non-exhaustion of state remedies without a finding that the petitioner deliberately bypassed those remedies.
• Smith v. Louie L. Wainwright
  373 F.2d 506· 5th Cir.· 1967-02-21 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  A hearing is required to determine if a guilty plea was involuntary due to a coerced confession and ineffective assistance of counsel.
• Miller v. COX
  364 F.2d 814· 10th Cir.· 1966-08-11 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the prisoner was not entitled to relief on his habeas corpus petition.
• Swisher v. United States
  354 F.2d 472· 8th Cir.· 1966-01-04 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  The court affirmed the denial of habeas corpus relief, finding that the petitioner was competent to stand trial and that additional claims were not subject to collateral review.
• United States ex rel. Leon E. W. v. LaVALLEE
  335 F.2d 230· 2d Cir.· 1964-07-21 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the lower court erred in dismissing the writ without a hearing and that the petitioner did not waive his constitutional rights by failing to object to illegally seized evidence.
• Young v. United States
  259 F.2d 641· 8th Cir.· 1958-09-19 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the defendants' claims regarding lack of counsel, coerced confessions, and sentencing based on pending charges were without merit and did not entitle them to have their sentences vacated.
• Joseph v. United States
  239 F.2d 524· 5th Cir.· 1957-01-04 ·cited 12×
  A confession is not rendered inadmissible solely because it was obtained before the defendant was brought before a commissioner; the detention must be unnecessary and for the purpose of inducing the confession. The evidence was sufficient to support the conviction.
• Boyden v. Webb
  208 F.2d 201· 9th Cir.· 1953-11-27 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that it had jurisdiction to hear the appeal because the application for a certificate of probable cause was timely filed, and that the district court did not err in denying the habeas corpus petition without a hearing, as the allegations did not demonstrate a viola
• Bayless v. United States
  150 F.2d 236· 8th Cir.· 1945-07-02 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  A conviction based on tainted evidence, such as a coerced confession or guilty plea, cannot stand, even if other evidence might be sufficient.
• Potter v. Dowd
  146 F.2d 244· 7th Cir.· 1944-12-08 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  Federal courts should not deny a hearing on habeas corpus petitions alleging denial of federal constitutional rights, even if state remedies exist but are practically unavailable or inadequate.
• Waley v. Johnston
  124 F.2d 587· 9th Cir.· 1941-12-20 ·cited 12×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that a material issue of fact was presented regarding threats inducing a guilty plea, requiring a hearing.
• Bailey Lee Sloan v. Louie L. Wainwright
  469 F.2d 390· 5th Cir.· 1972-11-15 ·cited 11×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the petitioner's allegations, if true, entitle him to relief and an evidentiary hearing on his claims of coerced confession and ineffective assistance of counsel.
• Boulden v. Holman
  385 F.2d 102· 5th Cir.· 1967-11-03 ·cited 11×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the totality of circumstances surrounding the appellant's confessions did not demonstrate a violation of his constitutional rights, and the district court's denial of the writ of habeas corpus was correct.
• Gerald "Pops" Brown v. State
  187 So. 2d 669· Fla. 3d DCA· 1966-06-14 ·cited 11×
  A claim of involuntary confession, if not raised on direct appeal, cannot be raised through a successive collateral attack under Rule I.
• Hall v. State
  183 So. 2d 277· Fla. 3d DCA· 1966-02-22 ·cited 11×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the grounds raised in the appellant's second motion to vacate were either repetitious, not proper for collateral attack, or unsupported by evidence.
• Stickney v. Ellis
  286 F.2d 755· 5th Cir.· 1961-02-09 ·cited 11×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that a federal habeas corpus court may accept a state court's determination of the voluntariness of a confession if there is no 'vital flaw' in the state proceedings, even without conducting a de novo hearing.
• United States ex rel. William Petersen v. la Vallee
  279 F.2d 396· 2d Cir.· 1960-06-01 ·cited 11×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the appellant's confessions were not coerced as a matter of law, and the jury instructions regarding voluntariness were constitutionally adequate.
• Walling v. State
  105 So. 3d 660· Fla. 1st DCA· 2013-01-30 ·cited 10×·via Coerced Confession
  Kyle Walling, convicted of first-degree felony murder at age 16, appealed his mandatory life-without-parole sentence. The court reversed the sentence as unconstitutional under Miller v. Alabama, which prohibits mandatory LWOP for juveniles, but affirmed the conviction and rejecte
• Rogers v. State
  844 So. 2d 728· Fla. 5th DCA· 2003-05-09 ·cited 10×·via Coerced Confession
  Justin Rogers was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, he challenged the trial court's erroneous decision to allow the State to reopen its case mid-trial and introduce a previously suppressed confession in response to defense counsel's c
• E.C. v. State
  841 So. 2d 604· Fla. 4th DCA· 2003-04-02 ·cited 10×
  E.C., a juvenile charged with burglary and criminal mischief, pleaded no contest while reserving the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress. The court reverses because the detective's promise to handle the case administratively rendered E.C.'s confession involuntary
• Mompoint Voltaire v. State
  697 So. 2d 1002· Fla. 4th DCA· 1997-08-13 ·cited 10×
  The Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a cocaine trafficking conviction, holding that police violated the defendant's due process rights by placing an undercover officer in his jail cell to extract incriminating statements through deception. The court found that such gross
• Clarington v. State
  636 So. 2d 860· Fla. 3d DCA· 1994-05-10 ·cited 10×
  Jermaine Clarington and Arnold Ancrum were convicted of murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, conspiracy, and firearm possession arising from an armed assault on a bolita house that resulted in a death. The appellate court affirmed convictions on counts I-IV but reversed the c
• United States v. Perez-Padilla
  846 F.2d 1182· 9th Cir.· 1988-05-23 ·cited 10×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the trial judge did not err in denying the motion to suppress statements or in giving a Jewell instruction, affirming the conviction.
• United States v. Causey
  835 F.2d 1527· 5th Cir.· 1988-01-11 ·cited 10×·via Coerced Confession
  A conviction will not be set aside due to delay in bringing a defendant before a magistrate unless the defendant shows prejudice from the delay.
• United States v. Fisher
  700 F.2d 780· 2d Cir.· 1983-02-01 ·cited 10×
  The court held that the evidence used for conviction was derived from independent sources, not from the defendant's allegedly involuntary statements, and thus the conviction stands.
• Smith v. State
  422 So. 2d 1065· Fla. 1st DCA· 1982-12-01 ·cited 10×
  Florida appellate court affirmed robbery conviction, holding that warrantless arrest based on hearsay information was lawful if veracity was shown by either credibility or reliability (not both), and that the defendant's confession was voluntary despite promises to notify authori
• United States v. ELK
  682 F.2d 168· 8th Cir.· 1982-06-30 ·cited 10×
• Plant v. State
  407 So. 2d 966· Fla. 1st DCA· 1981-12-09 ·cited 10×
  Willie Plant challenges the suppression denial of evidence obtained during a traffic stop. The court affirms, holding that Officer Mundy had probable cause to stop Plant's vehicle based on its match to the description of a getaway car used in a recent armed robbery.
• Chaney v. Louie L. Wainwright
  561 F.2d 1129· 5th Cir.· 1977-10-31 ·cited 10×
  The dissenting judge would hold that a minor's request to contact his mother must be honored before custodial interrogation, and failure to do so renders subsequent statements inadmissible.