Osburn v. State

The suppression of the 8:55 p.m. confession by the majority eviscerates the State’s case against Osburn, making a retrial a remote possibility. While I agree wholeheartedly that involuntary confessions must be suppressed under our basic constitutional principles, I take issue with the majority’s analysis in this case. I disagree that Osburn did not reinitiate contact with the police. I further disagree that Os-burn’s will was overborne by the police agents’ reference to his daughter, Holley, in an interrogation that took place four hours earlier. For these reasons, I would affirm.

a. Right to…