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Nickel v. Hannigan, No. 94-3417 (10th Cir.) (97 F.3d 403) (September 30, 1996) (Judge Robert H. Henry)

Case held that even where a defendant is mentally impaired and the officer was aware of the impairment, a confession will be suppressed as involuntary only if the officers use coercive measures to take advantage of the impairment.

 

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