State v. Rollwage

Defendant, 18, was arrested and given the appropriate Miranda advice, after which he made oral and written confessions to police officers. The confessions were suppressed as not voluntary by the trial court on motion of the defendant. The trial court found that “[t]here was no violation of defendant’s Miranda rights.” The court found that the only statements by way of inducement the officers had made were the following:

“* * * I had stated that it sometimes is a lot easier to alleviate yourself of the pressures that you are under if you go ahead and tell what is happening. If you confess, you…