PEOPLE v. BROWN

Docket No. 3955.

198 Cal.App.2d 253 (1961)

17 Cal. Rptr. 884

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LEMONE BROWN, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

December 20, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter F. Sloss, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Albert W. Harris, Jr., and Robert R. Granucci, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


TOBRINER, J.

Our first task, here, is to determine if an involuntary admission induced by a person not officially connected with the prosecution may be admitted into evidence. Although no California case expressly so states, we think that such admission is inadmissible if rendered to a person whom the defendant reasonably believes has been designated by the prosecuting officers as one whose promises will probably be fulfilled. As we shall explain, appellant's admission...

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