Topic: a statement is involuntary when it was extracted by threats… · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 30 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from United States v. Michael Edward Lebrun.

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1 United States v. Michael Edward Lebrun Anchor
ca8 · 2004
green “a statement is involuntary when it was extracted by threats, violence, or express or implied promises sufficient to overbear the defendant's will and critically impair his capacity for self-determination.” 22
2 United States v. Robert Kilroy Galceran
ca8 · 2002
green “very important factor weighing against custody” 4
3 United States v. Rafael Vega-Rico
ca8 · 2005
green “unless the decision is unsupported by substantial evidence, is based on an erroneous view of the applicable law, or in light of the entire record, we are left with a firm and definite conviction that a mistake has been made.” 4

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