Colorado v. Connelly
Headline: Court limits when mental illness alone bars a confession, ruling federal due process requires police coercion and leaving states to decide evidentiary reliability and rules.
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A man who had been treated for chronic schizophrenia walked up to a Denver police officer and, without prompting, said he had killed someone and wanted to talk. The officer gave the usual warnings about the right to remain silent and to have a lawyer, and a detective later questioned the man, who guided officers to an apparent crime scene. Afterward the man became disoriented and said
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