Legal Opinion · Dissent

Wyatt v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided October 23, 1992No. CR-91-1078Published

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

  1. United States v. Andrew Jackson RobertsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  2. United States v. Donna BallardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  3. United States v. Evasio Hernandez, A/k/a, Eduardo GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  4. Ex Parte MatthewsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
  5. Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990

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