Craig v. State

I agree with the majority's holding that the appellant's confession was voluntary. However, I disagree with the majority's statement thatMcLeod v. State, 718 So.2d 723 (Ala. 1998), has apparently abrogated the concept that an inducement, however slight, may render a confession involuntary. The majority apparently bases this conclusion on the assumption that the "however slight" language and the "overborne" language are incompatible.

In Ex parte Gaddy, 698 So.2d 1150, 1154 (Ala. 1997), the Alabama Supreme Court stated the following standard for determining whether a confession is voluntary:

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