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Title: Price v. Hawaii
Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Release Date : January 11, 1991
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 59 KB

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Appellant Collazo was arrested for murder and advised of his Miranda rights. He declined to waive them, asking instead to talk to a lawyer. The police responded to his request by telling Collazo it "might be worse" for him if he talked to an attorney, and that it was in his interest to talk to them without one. Three hours later, he "changed his mind," was readvised of his rights, and talked to the police. What he told them was used to convict him and send him to prison. We are called on in this appeal to examine the conduct of the police leading up to Collazos confession, and to decide in light of that conduct whether Collazo was denied due process when his confession was introduced in evidence. We conclude that Collazos confession was involuntary, and that its use to convict him violated his Constitutional rights. We reverse the district court.