State v. Garcia
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of felony murder based upon the underlying felony of aggravated robbery and aggravated robbery. Defendant appealed, arguing that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress a statement he made during a police interrogation in which he admitted that he participated in the robbery. The district court found that the totality of the circumstances established that Defendant's confession was freely and voluntarily given. The Supreme Court reversed and remanded for a new trial, holding that the manner in which Defendant's confession to robbery was obtained was unconstitutionally infirm because the law enforcement officers' coercive tactics and promises of leniency rendered the confession involuntary.
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