Wyatt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
1Dissent
I concur in the holding in Part III of the majority opinion, but I must respectfully dissent from the holding in Parts I and II of the majority opinion.
In Part I of its opinion, the majority states that the appellant's confession was not voluntarily made because his confession was the result of a promise made by a police officer. During the hearing on the motion to suppress the appellant's confession, the following occurred:
"Q. Did you tell him that if he cooperated, that — that you couldn't promise him anything; that the only thing you could do would be to relay that information that he…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. Andrew Jackson RobertsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Donna BallardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Evasio Hernandez, A/k/a, Eduardo GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Ex Parte MatthewsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990
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