Colorado v. Connelly, No. 85-660 (U.S. Supreme Court) (479 U.S. 157; 107 S.Ct. 515) (December 10, 1986) (Justice Rehnquist)
In this case the Supreme Court redefined the circumstances test used to determine the voluntariness of a confession - holding that "coercive police activity is a necessary predicate to the finding that a confession is not 'voluntary' within the meaning of the Due Process Clause." (Id., at 167). Thus, the ...
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