NCJ Number
101791
Date Published
1985
Length
532 pages
Annotation
This text uses transcripts of interrogations, courtroom proceedings, appellate arguments, and historical examples to explain the roots of confessions law and update readers on key 1984 rulings which have impacted its modern development.
Abstract
Individual chapters treat major areas in confession law: voluntariness, privilege against self-incrimination, the Miranda revolution, custody, interrogation, waiver of Miranda rights, the sixth amendment right to counsel, impeachment, and fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine. A chapter on additional confessions issues covers State constitutional analysis, corroboration, retroactivity, confessions obtained by private citizens, Miranda and witnesses at trials and grand juries, and confessions obtained by psychiatrists. The text also discusses presenting confessions evidence at hearings and modern interrogation techniques. The appendixes contain essential parts of the Miranda decision and briefs of U.S. Supreme Court and State confessions cases. Table of cases and index.