STATE v. HARPER

No. 17777-KW.

485 So.2d 224 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana, Respondent, v. Julius Frances HARPER, Applicant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

N. Graves Thomas, Shreveport, for applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Henry Brown, Dist. Atty., Bobby Stromile, Asst. Dist. Atty., Bossier City, for respondent.

Before MARVIN, FRED W. JONES, Jr. and LINDSAY, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

On defendant's application, we granted supervisory review of the trial court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress his confession on the grounds that it was involuntary, being made under the influence of inducements or promises L.R.S. 15:451. We reverse and sustain the motion to suppress.

As a matter of constitutional law, a confession obtained by direct or implied promises or inducements by a police officer, however slight, must...

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