Crane v. Kentucky, No. 85-5238 (U.S. Supreme Court) (476 U.S. 683; 106 S.Ct. 2142) (June 9, 1986) (Justice O'Connor)
In this case, the trial court had conducted a pretrial hearing and determined that the petitioner's confession was given voluntarily. Subsequently at trial, the petitioner sought to introduce testimony about the physical and psychological environment in which he confessed, in order to suggest that his statements were not credible. (Id. ...
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