Knight v. State

In this case, a police officer exacted a confession from the appellant after guaranteeing him that “the more cooperative you are, the less your sentence gonna be,” by giving him the impression that probation was a possibility, and by hinting that she could make things either difficult or easy for him by recommending bond “from $50,000 on up to $200,000 or to a million.” I must respectfully dissent to an affirmance of the denial of appellant’s motion to suppress.

A statement induced by a false promise of reward is not a voluntary statement. Hamm v. State, 296 Ark. 385, 757 S.W.2d 932 (1988).…