STATE v. ALLEN

No. 38001.

67 Wn.2d 238 (1965)

406 P.2d 950

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. JAMES JOSEPH ALLEN, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

October 28, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Steinberg, for appellant.

Charles O. Carroll and Edwin S. Stone, for respondent.


HILL, J.

This is a case of a man (James Joseph Allen) who, almost two years after a burglary had been committed, went to the police station and made a full and detailed confession. The officer then wrote out the confession, and the man, after reading it to the officer, signed it willingly. (Investigation showed a close correlation between the confession and the report of the burglary in the police records.)

This would seem to set a record for voluntariness...

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