Voluntariness Of Confession

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• Kerrigan v. Palmer C. Scafati
  364 F.2d 759· 1st Cir.· 1966-07-20 ·cited 2×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the petitioner's statements, though made during custodial interrogation, were voluntary and not the product of coercion, thus admissible at trial.
• Pyles v. United States
  362 F.2d 959· D.C. Cir.· 1966-06-02 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the distinction between an officer pointing a pistol at an armed robber and a robber pointing a pistol at a victim is significant.
• United States v. Brooks
  355 F.2d 540· 7th Cir.· 1965-12-21 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the defendants' entrapment defense was not supported by the evidence and that the trial court's handling of a potentially involuntary confession did not violate the defendant's Fifth Amendment rights.
• United States v. Miller
  353 F.2d 724· 2d Cir.· 1965-12-13 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the trial court did not err in admitting the confession and that the verdict was not against the weight of the evidence.
• McLAIN v. State
  178 So. 2d 208· Fla. 1st DCA· 1965-09-09 ·cited 2×
  John Thomas McLain appeals the denial of his motion to vacate a murder conviction, arguing he was denied counsel during interrogation and confession. The Florida District Court of Appeal affirmed the conviction, finding that McLain's subsequent reiteration of his confession at tr
• Denver Powell v. Maxwell
  350 F.2d 353· 6th Cir.· 1965-08-31 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the trial court's procedure for determining the voluntariness of the confession, consistent with Jackson v. Denno, satisfied constitutional requirements, and affirmed the denial of the habeas corpus petition.
• Thomas v. United States
  352 F.2d 701· D.C. Cir.· 1965-07-28 ·cited 2×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that an evidentiary hearing must be afforded on the appellant's motion, as it was not conclusively without merit based on the record alone.
• Meador v. United States
  341 F.2d 381· 9th Cir.· 1965-02-04 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the trial court did not err in denying motions for severance and change of venue, as the appellant was not prejudiced.
• Proctor v. United States
  343 F.2d 317· D.C. Cir.· 1965-02-03 ·cited 2×
• Mitchell v. Henslee
  332 F.2d 16· 8th Cir.· 1964-05-04 ·cited 2×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the district court erred in finding that the appellant waived his constitutional claims by failing to raise them on direct appeal, as waiver requires an intentional relinquishment of a known right.
• Buddy Joe Delano v. Crouse
  327 F.2d 693· 10th Cir.· 1964-02-03 ·cited 2×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that prolonged detention before charges and lack of counsel at a preliminary hearing do not violate constitutional rights if no confession is obtained and a fair trial is otherwise provided.
• Nicolas v. Gov't OF Guam
  325 F.2d 781· 9th Cir.· 1963-12-27 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the defendant received a fair trial and that the evidence, including a corroborated confession and accomplice testimony, was sufficient to support the conviction.
• United States ex rel. Clarence Smith v. The State OF NEW Jersey
  323 F.2d 146· 3d Cir.· 1963-08-02 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the confessions of the juvenile defendants were voluntary and not coerced, despite the length of interrogation, because they were mature for their age and habitual offenders.
• Story v. United States
  309 F.2d 483· 8th Cir.· 1962-11-08 ·cited 2×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the trial court was not required to entertain a second or successive motion for similar relief under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, and the appeal from that denial is frivolous.
• United States ex rel. Adolph Kulikauskas v. Murphy
  293 F.2d 563· 2d Cir.· 1961-08-17 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the petitioner's constitutional rights were not violated by the state court proceedings, and thus denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
• Williams v. Moore
  285 F.2d 590· 5th Cir.· 1961-01-23 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the trial court's findings that the confession was voluntary and counsel was not ineffective were supported by the record.
• Sampedro v. People OF Puerto RICO
  281 F.2d 888· 1st Cir.· 1960-09-08 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the introduction of the defendant's second oral confession, obtained after prolonged illegal detention and psychological coercion, violated his due process rights.
• United States ex rel. Talbot Jennings v. Ragen
  279 F.2d 202· 7th Cir.· 1960-06-10 ·cited 2×
  The appellate court affirmed the district court's denial of the habeas corpus petition, finding no denial of federal due process.
• United States ex rel. George Alvarez v. Murphy
  277 F.2d 304· 2d Cir.· 1960-04-13 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the district judge properly conducted an independent review of the evidence and satisfied federal requirements for determining the voluntariness of the confession.
• Junior Lee Williams v. Moore
  262 F.2d 335· 5th Cir.· 1959-01-05 ·cited 2×·via Involuntary Confession
  The court held that the Texas District Court had inherent power to set a new execution date after previous stays expired, and that the admission of evidence from an allegedly illegal arrest or an involuntary confession does not violate the federal constitution in this context.
• United States ex rel. Edward Eckwerth v. Denno
  261 F.2d 511· 2d Cir.· 1958-12-02 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the relator's confessions were not coerced and that his trial was not without constitutional due process.
• Felton Jennings v. State
  106 So. 2d 99· Fla. 2d DCA· 1958-10-29 ·cited 2×
  The appellate court affirmed a second-degree murder conviction, holding that the defendant's confession was admissible because it was voluntarily made, even without a formal warning that it could be used against him.
• Girardo v. DE Lorenzo
  219 F.2d 506· D.C. Cir.· 1955-02-03 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the admission of oral confessions was not error and the prosecutor's argument was not prejudicial, affirming the conviction.
• Thomas v. State
  65 So. 2d 866· Fla.· 1953-06-05 ·cited 2×
  Thomas was convicted of murder in the first degree for killing a cab driver during an armed robbery attempt. He appealed, challenging the sufficiency of evidence, the jury instruction on multiple counts, and the admissibility of his confessions. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed
• Fuller v. United States
  170 F.2d 515· 9th Cir.· 1948-11-05 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the admission of Exhibit 13 was not error and the denial of the motion for acquittal was proper, affirming the conviction.
• Bryarly v. Howard
  165 F.2d 576· 7th Cir.· 1948-01-05 ·cited 2×·via Coerced Confession
  A guilty plea obtained by trickery or coercion is invalid and does not waive the right to challenge the conviction.
• Young v. Territory of Hawaii
  163 F.2d 490· 9th Cir.· 1947-08-26 ·cited 2×
  The court held that the trial court did not err in admitting Nozawa's statements and in denying the motion to suppress evidence seized from Dr. Young's premises, as the statements were voluntary and the evidence was obtained with consent or through timely seizure.
• Hoelscher v. Howard
  155 F.2d 909· 7th Cir.· 1946-05-17 ·cited 2×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that a state prisoner's claim that he was denied due process by the lack of appointed counsel was not grounds for habeas corpus relief when the prisoner had competently and intelligently waived his right to counsel under state law, and the state court had already a
• Sharpe v. Commonwealth of Ky.
  142 F.2d 213· 6th Cir.· 1944-04-24 ·cited 2×·via Involuntary Confession
  The court held that the district court's findings of fact were sustained by the evidence and its conclusions of law were not in error.
• Sullivan v. Hunter
  141 F.2d 7· 10th Cir.· 1944-02-18 ·cited 2×·via Coerced Confession
  The court held that the trial court's findings were not clearly erroneous and were supported by evidence, affirming the discharge of the writ of habeas corpus.
• Mack v. State
  73 Fla. 476· Fla.· 1917-02-24 ·cited 2×
  James Mack was convicted of rape and sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommendation of mercy. On writ of error, he challenged various evidentiary rulings, but the Florida Supreme Court affirmed his conviction, finding ample evidence to support the verdict and that any techn
• Leverette v. State
  362 So. 3d 320· Fla. 1st DCA· 2023-06-14 ·cited 1×
  The appellate court affirmed a defendant's convictions for drug trafficking and possession. The court found no merit in arguments that a search warrant affidavit should have been unsealed or that statements made during an interrogation should have been suppressed.
• Estache v. State
  346 So. 3d 1230· Fla. 3d DCA· 2022-07-13 ·cited 1×
  Convictions for attempted home invasion robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm must be vacated as violating double jeopardy because burglary with assault subsumes attempted home invasion robbery, and a firearm enhancement to other offenses precludes a separate conviction fo
• Moore v. State
  289 So. 3d 943· Fla. 4th DCA· 2020-02-05 ·cited 1×
  A confession is involuntary when police make constant offers of unspecified help, imply authority to influence criminal process, and fail to clarify the limits of their authority, thereby inducing unrealistic hope of leniency regardless of whether an express quid pro quo exists.
• Erna McFadden v. State
  268 So. 3d 224· Fla. 1st DCA· 2019-04-11 ·cited 1×·via Coerced Confession
  Erna McFadden appeals the denial of her postconviction motion raising ineffective assistance of counsel claims under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. She was convicted of armed robbery and two counts of aggravated battery after attacking CVS employees with a box cutter d
• Gerial Martell Deloach v. State
  270 So. 3d 457· Fla. 1st DCA· 2019-04-03 ·cited 1×
  The trial court properly denied the motion to suppress because competent, substantial evidence supported the finding that the defendant voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently waived his Miranda rights, and the trial court properly denied the motion for judgment of acquittal be
• Waterman v. State
  255 So. 3d 980· Fla. 2d DCA· 2018-09-26 ·cited 1×
  A defendant with severe intellectual disability who was administered Miranda warnings at a seventh-grade reading level and unrefutedly demonstrated through expert testimony that he could not understand key terms in the warnings did not knowingly and intelligently waive those righ
• Abel v. State
  250 So. 3d 698· Fla. 4th DCA· 2018-06-27 ·cited 1×
  A defendant's voluntariness objection to a confession recording is untimely and does not constitute reversible error when the objected-to admissions are cumulative of unobjected-to testimony already presented at trial.
• Petitioner
  2017 WL 1292352· Del. Fam. Ct.· 2018-05-31 ·cited 1×
  The court held that the search warrant for the Respondent's home was valid because sufficient untainted evidence remained after excising the unlawfully obtained evidence from the vehicle. The court also held that the Respondent's waiver of his Miranda rights and subsequent confes
• Burton v. State
  237 So. 3d 1138· Fla. 3d DCA· 2018-01-24 ·cited 1×
  A trial court does not abuse its discretion in admitting a video confession where the defendant appears in jail clothes and handcuffs when the jury's brief exposure to such images does not substantially outweigh the probative value of allowing the jury to assess the defendant's c
• Dowd v. State
  227 So. 3d 194· Fla. 2d DCA· 2017-05-26 ·cited 1×
  Calvin Dowd appeals his conviction for lewd and lascivious molestation, challenging the admission of his post-Miranda statements, the admission of Williams rule evidence, and the trial court's denial of his motion to interview jurors. The appellate court affirmed the conviction o
• Wyne v. State
  189 So. 3d 840· Fla. 4th DCA· 2015-07-29 ·cited 1×
  Charlie Wyne appeals his convictions for three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted first-degree murder, challenging the admissibility of his statements to police while in federal custody and raising evidentiary issues. The Fourth District affirmed the convi
• Williams v. State
  2012 WL 5351201· Del. Super. Ct.· 2014-05-28 ·cited 1×
  The court denied the defendant's motion for postconviction relief, finding that trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to file a suppression motion based on delay in presentment, for failing to object to co-conspirator testimony, or for failing to investigate and present m
• Slade v. State
  129 So. 3d 461· Fla. 2d DCA· 2014-01-03 ·cited 1×
  Ryan Slade appealed the summary denial of his Rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief based on ineffective assistance of counsel. The court affirmed the denial of Ground I but reversed and remanded Grounds II, III, and IV, finding that the postconviction court erroneously ado
• State v. Gonzalo Rafael Venegas
  79 So. 3d 912· Fla. 2d DCA· 2012-02-17 ·cited 1×
  Florida appealed the suppression of a custodial statement made by Venegas after he invoked his right to counsel, while Venegas cross-appealed the denial of suppression for a knife obtained based on that statement. The court affirmed suppression of the statement but reversed and r
• State v. Teodoro Pablo-Ramirez
  61 So. 3d 488· Fla. 2d DCA· 2011-05-27 ·cited 1×
  A successor judge cannot grant a new trial by overturning a predecessor's ruling on a motion to suppress based on the same evidence heard by the predecessor.
• Puglisi v. State
  56 So. 3d 787· Fla. 4th DCA· 2010-12-22 ·cited 1×
  Vincent Puglisi was convicted of first-degree murder and armed robbery for his role in the murder and robbery of Alan Shalleck on February 5, 2006. On appeal, Puglisi challenged the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress statements, refusal to allow him to call his co-def
• Puiatti v. Secretary, Dept. of Corrections
  651 F. Supp. 2d 1286· M.D. Fla.· 2009-08-14 ·cited 1×
  The Court held that Puiatti's petition must be granted as to the penalty phase due to a violation of his Eighth Amendment right to individualized sentencing, but denied as to the guilt phase.
• Pavon v. State
  12 So. 3d 287· Fla. 3d DCA· 2009-06-10 ·cited 1×
• Parker v. State
  845 So. 2d 242· Fla. 5th DCA· 2003-05-02 ·cited 1×
  Melvin Parker was convicted of nine counts including first-degree murder, armed robbery, and attempted murder arising from two violent criminal incidents occurring hours apart in Daytona Beach and DeLand, Florida. The Fifth District Court of Appeal affirmed his convictions and li