King v. State

I am deeply disturbed by the Court’s holding that King’s confession is admissible. Both the United States Supreme Court and this Court have previously addressed the admissibility of statements given in exchange for offers of leniency or immunity. Those cases uniformly hold that such statements are inadmissible because they lack the requisite element of voluntariness. The majority ignores the wisdom of those decisions and instead journeys down a wholly irrelevant tangent, drawing meaningless distinctions and disregarding essential facts. I believe that the majority’s attempt to distinguish…