Skip navigation
Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Miller, No. 05-2978 (7th Cir.) (450 F.3d 270) (June 7, 2006) (Judge Frank H. Easterbrook)

Loaded on June 1, 2006 published in Punch and Jurists June 05, 2006
Filed under: Punch And Jurists.

The Court held that police threats to imprison a suspect’s girlfriend and to place their child in foster care unless he confessed to his drug crimes and cooperated with the Government were not sufficiently coercive to render his confession involuntary.

This decision is noted for its unqualified (albeit logically suspect) ...

 

Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.

As a digital subscriber to Punch and Jurists, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.

Subscribe today

Already a subscriber? Login

More from this issue:

  1. U.S. v. Vampire Nation (a/k/a Frederic H. Banks), No. 05-1715 (3rd Cir.) (451 F.3d 189) (June 20, 2006) (Judge Franklin S. Van Antwerpen)
  2. Singletary v. Reilly, No. 04-7013 (D.C. Cir.) (452 F.3d 868) (July 7, 2006) (Judge Janice Rogers Brown)
  3. U.S. v. Gonzalez-Lopez, No. 05-352 (U.S. Supreme Court) (548 U.S. 140; 126 S.Ct. 2557) (June 26, 2006) (Justice Scalia)
  4. U.S. v. Staffeldt, No. 05-10243 (9th Cir.) (451 F.3d 578) (June 26, 2006) (Judge Stephen Reinhardt)
  5. Washington v. Recuenco, No. 05-83 (U.S. Supreme Court) (548 U.S. 212; 126 S.Ct. 2546) (June 26, 2006) (Justice Thomas)
  6. U.S. v. Miller, No. 05-2978 (7th Cir.) (450 F.3d 270) (June 7, 2006) (Judge Frank H. Easterbrook)
  7. U.S. v. Johnson, No. 04-4992-cr (2nd Cir.) (446 F.3d 272) (May 1, 2006) (Judge Dennis G. Jacobs)
  8. Kenna v. U.S. Dist. Court for the C.D.Cal., No. 06-73352 (9th Cir.) (453 F.3d 1136) (July 5, 2006) (Per Curiam)

More from these topics: