No. 18-6203

Larry Hayes v. Marvin Plumley, Warden

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 5th-amendment confession-evidence criminal-procedure custodial-interrogation due-process false-confession miranda-rights miranda-waiver miranda-warning police-conduct police-interrogation voluntariness
Latest Conference: 2018-11-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

First, what constitutes a promise of leniency that destroys the voluntariness of a subsequent confession? Second, given what we now know about the pressure of custodial interrogations and the rate at which false confessions occur during them, should a Miranda waiver be a "strong indicator" of a subsequent confession's voluntariness?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

What constitutes a promise of leniency that destroys the voluntariness of a subsequent confession?

Docket Entries

2018-12-03
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
2018-10-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 2, 2018)

Attorneys

Larry Hayes
Thomas Vernon BurchUniversity of Georgia School of Law, Appellate Litigation Clinic, Petitioner