Colorado v. Connelly, No. 85-660 (U.S. Supreme Court) (479 U.S. 157; 107 S.Ct. 515) (December 10, 1986) (Justice Rehnquist)
Case marked the Supreme Court's first major retreat from the common law principle that confessions produced by promises not to prosecute or offers of leniency were not voluntary by adopting the coercive official tactics standard.
In this case the Supreme Court redefined the circumstances test used to determine the voluntariness ...
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