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U.S. v. Erving L., No. 97-2256 (10th Cir.) (147 F.3d 1240) (June 26, 1998) (Judge Michael R. Murphy)

This revealing decision is one of a number of recent rulings that have emphasized the growing evolutionary changes in the judicial view of the concept of "voluntariness" in confessions. Historically, the courts had always insisted that, for a confession to be admissible in a criminal proceeding, it must be "voluntary." ...

 

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