PEOPLE v. ADAMS

Docket No. 5797.

143 Cal.App.3d 970 (1983)

192 Cal. Rptr. 290

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NANCY ADAMS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

June 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Cynthia A. Thomas, Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian and John K. Van de Kamp, Attorneys General, Robert H. Philibosian and Daniel J. Kremer, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Gregory W. Baugher and Margaret Elaine Garnand, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

HANSON (P.D.), J.

Appellant, convicted by a jury of the first degree murder of her friend and lover, contends that crucial admissions were obtained from her through impermissibly coercive police tactics and that the use of these statements and their fruits was prejudicial. We agree that critical statements of appellant were the product of psychological coercion and other improper influences during questioning. Our reasons...

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