Voluntariness Of Confession

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• Grooms v. United States
  429 F.2d 839· 8th Cir.· 1970-08-03 ·cited 18×
  The court held that inculpatory oral statements made by the appellant to an FBI agent were admissible into evidence, as they were voluntary and made after proper Miranda warnings and waiver.
• United States ex rel. Stephen J. B. v. Shelly
  430 F.2d 215· 2d Cir.· 1970-06-30 ·cited 18×
• Dodd v. State
  232 So. 2d 235· Fla. 4th DCA· 1970-02-04 ·cited 18×
  Sam Dodd, Jr. was convicted of indecent child molestation based partially on a confession. The court reversed his conviction because the trial judge's finding that the confession was voluntary was unsupported by competent substantial evidence, as the State failed to establish a p
• United States ex rel. Charles Lee Allison v. State of N.J.
  418 F.2d 332· 3d Cir.· 1969-10-29 ·cited 18×
  The court held that the Massiah rule, prohibiting post-indictment interrogation without counsel, should not be applied retroactively to convictions that were final before the decision, as its primary purpose is to curb interrogation, not to enhance trial reliability.
• Davis v. Sigler
  415 F.2d 1159· 8th Cir.· 1969-09-16 ·cited 18×
  The admission of codefendants' confessions in a joint trial, even with limiting instructions, violates the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confrontation when the confessions powerfully incriminate the defendant.
• United States ex rel. Donald Howard Montgomery v. Brierley
  414 F.2d 552· 3d Cir.· 1969-08-06 ·cited 18×
  The court held that the district court must determine if all claims were raised in state courts and, if so, conduct evidentiary hearings on exhaustion, relief, and waiver of confession challenge.
• MacKey v. United States
  411 F.2d 504· 7th Cir.· 1969-06-04 ·cited 18×·via Coerced Confession
  Conviction for income tax evasion will not be set aside on collateral attack based on subsequent Supreme Court rulings that federal gambling tax returns, admitted at trial without objection on self-incrimination grounds, were unconstitutionally compelled.
• 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.
• Miller v. United States
  396 F.2d 492· 8th Cir.· 1968-06-04 ·cited 18×
  Confessions are admissible even if obtained after initial arrest without Miranda warnings, provided subsequent warnings are given, understood, and a knowing waiver occurs, and the delay in arraignment is not unnecessary.
• Reed v. Henderson
  385 F.2d 995· 6th Cir.· 1967-11-28 ·cited 18×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that a voluntary guilty plea entered with the advice of competent counsel waives all non-jurisdictional defects, and the appellant's claims did not demonstrate a miscarriage of justice.
• Smiley v. Wilson
  378 F.2d 144· 9th Cir.· 1967-04-11 ·cited 18×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the petitioner's allegations, even if proven, did not establish a violation of federal constitutional rights sufficient to warrant a federal hearing on his habeas corpus petition.
• Napoleon Persone Zamora v. United States
  369 F.2d 855· 10th Cir.· 1966-12-01 ·cited 18×
  The court held that the appellant's confessions were admissible, the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction, and the trial court did not err in its rulings.
• Gladden v. Holland
  366 F.2d 580· 9th Cir.· 1966-08-29 ·cited 18×·via Involuntary Confession
  The court held that a guilty plea entered shortly after a coerced confession, without substantial removal of coercive conditions, is invalid under the Due Process Clause.
• White v. Pepersack
  352 F.2d 470· 4th Cir.· 1965-11-01 ·cited 18×·via Involuntary Confession
  A defendant's trial testimony admitting the homicide does not foreclose a collateral attack on the conviction based on prior constitutional violations, such as unlawful search or coerced confession.
• Green v. United States
  351 F.2d 198· D.C. Cir.· 1965-06-23 ·cited 18×
  The conviction must be reversed and a new trial granted due to the record's deficiency in judicially resolving the defendant's competency to stand trial.
• Wilkins v. State
  155 So. 2d 129· Fla.· 1963-06-28 ·cited 18×
  Two defendants were convicted of first-degree murder for bludgeoning an 84-year-old man to death during a home invasion, robbery, and rape. The Florida Supreme Court upheld their death sentences, addressing challenges to the sufficiency of evidence, admissibility of colored crime
• Wolfe v. Elbert V. Nash
  313 F.2d 393· 8th Cir.· 1963-01-31 ·cited 18×·via Involuntary Confession
  The court held that the petitioner failed to demonstrate that the generality of the voir dire examination, publicity, or other alleged errors constituted a denial of his constitutional right to a fair trial.
• Bozzie Nelson v. State
  97 So. 2d 250· Fla.· 1957-10-09 ·cited 18×
  Bozzie Nelson was convicted of murder in the first degree for stabbing Sarah Jane Campbell with an ice pick. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed his conviction and death sentence, finding the evidence of premeditation overwhelming and the trial procedures properly conducted.
• Burwell v. Harley O. Teets
  245 F.2d 154· 9th Cir.· 1957-05-03 ·cited 18×
  The court found no constitutional rights of the defendants were violated and that the trial was fair and impartial.
• Mathias Schira and Susie Schira v. Commissioner OF Internal Revenue
  240 F.2d 672· 6th Cir.· 1957-02-18 ·cited 18×
  The court held that the Tax Court's findings that confessions were voluntary and assessments were not arbitrary or unreasonable were supported by sufficient evidence.
• McGUINN v. United States
  239 F.2d 449· D.C. Cir.· 1956-12-06 ·cited 18×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that claims not raised at trial or on direct appeal are waived and cannot be used to vacate a sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
• State of Utah v. Sullivan
  227 F.2d 511· 10th Cir.· 1955-10-27 ·cited 18×
  The court held that the petitioners' convictions and sentences were not rendered void by any violation of their rights under the Fourteenth Amendment, despite claims of lack of counsel at various stages and other procedural issues.
• Duncan v. United States
  197 F.2d 935· 5th Cir.· 1952-06-24 ·cited 18×
  The court held that the admission of a telephone toll ticket and the prosecutor's questioning regarding the defendant's criminal record, despite a minor error, did not constitute reversible error.
• Witt v. United States
  196 F.2d 285· 9th Cir.· 1952-04-29 ·cited 18×
  The court held that the trial court did not err in its rulings regarding witness exclusion, confession admission, and jury instructions, and that any objection to the indictment's form was waived.
• Garner v. United States
  174 F.2d 499· D.C. Cir.· 1949-03-28 ·cited 18×
  Confessions made during prolonged, secret police interrogation after arrest without a warrant and before being taken before a magistrate should have been excluded.
• McNABB v. United States
  142 F.2d 904· 6th Cir.· 1944-06-02 ·cited 18×
  The court held that the jury's finding of timely arraignments before a commissioner, supported by evidence, rendered the confessions admissible, and that the confessions were not rendered involuntary by the circumstances of their procurement.
• Isiah (Isel) Chambers v. State
  136 Fla. 568· Fla.· 1939-03-03 ·cited 18×
  In the fifth appellate consideration of this murder case, the Florida Supreme Court affirmed convictions of four defendants for murder in the first degree, rejecting their challenge that confessions were coerced through brutality and duress. The Court held that the jury's resolut
• United States v. Caldwell
  954 F.2d 496· 8th Cir.· 1992-01-16 ·cited 17×
  The court held that the defendant's Fifth Amendment rights were violated due to inadequate Miranda warnings and that the issue was preserved for appeal despite the lack of a renewed objection at trial.
• Jang Han BAE v. Peters
  950 F.2d 469· 7th Cir.· 1991-12-09 ·cited 17×
  The court held that the district court correctly denied Bae's habeas corpus petition, affirming the state court's admission of his confession and rejection of his ineffective assistance of counsel claims.
• United States v. Raymer
  876 F.2d 383· 5th Cir.· 1989-06-20 ·cited 17×
  The court held that a confession obtained after Miranda warnings is voluntary if there is no police coercion, and that threats against retired probation officers are covered by 18 U.S.C. § 115.
• United States v. Patterson
  812 F.2d 1188· 9th Cir.· 1987-03-16 ·cited 17×
  The court held that the defendant's voluntary statement, though obtained in violation of Miranda, could be used in an affidavit for a search warrant, and that prosecution in the U.S. was not barred by prior prosecution in Mexico under 18 U.S.C. § 4111.
• Reimnitz v. State's Attorney OF Cook Cnty.
  761 F.2d 405· 7th Cir.· 1985-05-02 ·cited 17×·via Involuntary Confession
  A person on bail is considered in custody for habeas corpus purposes, and the circuit court is the proper respondent, not the state's attorney. A retrial after a conviction reversal due to trial error does not violate double jeopardy.
• United States v. Zink
  612 F.2d 511· 10th Cir.· 1980-01-08 ·cited 17×
  The court held that the admission of counterfeit money into evidence was proper, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in qualifying expert witnesses, and jury instructions regarding possession, sanity, and confession voluntariness were correct.
• United States v. Strickland
  493 F.2d 182· 5th Cir.· 1974-04-26 ·cited 17×
  The court held that incriminating statements made by the defendant to a detective were voluntary and admissible, and that his subsequent grand jury testimony was not the fruit of illegally obtained statements.
• United States ex rel. Juan Cruz v. LaVALLEE
  448 F.2d 671· 2d Cir.· 1971-09-13 ·cited 17×
  Failure to object to a coerced confession at trial, when done as a deliberate trial strategy to bypass state procedures, precludes a federal habeas corpus hearing on the confession's voluntariness, even if the trial occurred before Jackson v. Denno.
• Marion v. Beto
  434 F.2d 29· 5th Cir.· 1970-11-06 ·cited 17×
• Breedlove v. Beto
  404 F.2d 1019· 5th Cir.· 1968-11-29 ·cited 17×
  The court held that the use of a defendant's statement during cross-examination, even if not formally introduced into evidence, can be sufficient to invoke the rule requiring an independent judicial determination of voluntariness before a jury can consider it.
• United States ex rel. Sylvester Johnson & Stanley Cassidy v. Yeager
  399 F.2d 508· 3d Cir.· 1968-08-23 ·cited 17×
  The admission of co-defendants' confessions in a joint trial, even with limiting instructions, violates the Confrontation Clause when the confessions implicate defendants who did not testify, requiring a new trial or further proceedings.
• Lum Coleman v. State
  193 So. 2d 699· Fla. 1st DCA· 1967-01-17 ·cited 17×·via Coerced Confession
  Lum Coleman appealed the denial of his motion to set aside a guilty plea and conviction for arson, arguing violations of equal protection and due process. The court affirmed the denial, finding no merit to Coleman's claims that pre-trial arrest and interrogation procedures violat
• United States v. Ragen
  246 F.2d 264· 7th Cir.· 1957-07-03 ·cited 17×·via Coerced Confession
  A federal court cannot grant habeas corpus relief if the petitioner has not exhausted state remedies by presenting the same federal claims to state courts, and the claims themselves do not present grounds for federal relief.
• Vasquez v. State
  870 So. 2d 26· Fla. 2d DCA· 2003-09-12 ·cited 16×
  Luis Orlando Vasquez appeals his armed robbery conviction after entering a nolo contendere plea while reserving the right to challenge a denial of his motion to suppress evidence. The Florida appellate court reversed, finding that a warrantless protective sweep of a motel room wa
• Albritton v. State
  769 So. 2d 438· Fla. 2d DCA· 2000-09-20 ·cited 16×
  Paula Albritton was convicted of abusing a dead body after confessing to police that she mutilated a deceased man's body as part of a religious ritual. The appellate court reversed her conviction, finding that her confessions were involuntary because police made implied promises
• United States v. Levy
  955 F.2d 1098· 7th Cir.· 1992-01-30 ·cited 16×
  The court held that the district court did not err in admitting evidence of a prior attempted drug transaction under Rule 404(b), in denying the defendant's motion to suppress statements made during a non-custodial interrogation, and in imposing an enhanced sentence.
• United States v. Meirovitz
  918 F.2d 1376· 8th Cir.· 1990-11-21 ·cited 16×
  The court held that the defendant's Miranda waiver, confession, and consent to search were voluntary, the admission of weapons was proper, the evidence was sufficient to prove predisposition, and the life sentence was not constitutionally disproportionate.
• Boutwell v. State
  563 So. 2d 798· Fla. 1st DCA· 1990-06-21 ·cited 16×·via Coerced Confession
  Under Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.850, a trial court must hold an evidentiary hearing or attach portions of the record conclusively refuting ineffective assistance claims; here, the trial court's bare denial without such materials or hearing on claims of failure to raise voluntary intoxicati
• United States v. Newman
  889 F.2d 88· 6th Cir.· 1989-11-09 ·cited 16×
  The court held that the defendant's alleged involuntary intoxication did not preclude the formation of the requisite mens rea, his confession was voluntary, and the special assessment was constitutional. The court affirmed the conviction and sentence.
• Quadrini v. Clusen
  864 F.2d 577· 7th Cir.· 1989-01-11 ·cited 16×
  The court held that the petitioner's confession was voluntary and that his Sixth Amendment right to counsel had attached but was validly waived. The court affirmed the denial of the habeas corpus petition.
• United States v. Long
  852 F.2d 975· 7th Cir.· 1988-07-20 ·cited 16×
  The court joins the majority opinion, acknowledging that de novo appellate review of confession voluntariness is required by precedent, despite reservations.
• Waterhouse v. Rodriguez
  848 F.2d 375· 2d Cir.· 1988-06-03 ·cited 16×
  The court held that while the petitioner exhausted his Sixth Amendment claim, the per se rule from Solina v. United States does not apply when counsel is disbarred during a pretrial proceeding but withdraws upon learning of the disbarment and had no incentive to fear exposure fro
• Thompson v. Lynaugh
  821 F.2d 1054· 5th Cir.· 1987-07-03 ·cited 16×·via Involuntary Confession
  The court held that the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction and death sentence, and that petitioner's federal constitutional rights were not violated.