STATE v. POLK

No. 10-0335.

812 N.W.2d 670 (2012)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Anthony Devon POLK, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Smith , State Appellate Defender, and David Arthur Adams , Assistant State Appellate Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, Elisabeth S. Reynoldson and Richard J. Bennett , Assistant Attorneys General, Thomas J. Ferguson , County Attorney, and Joel A. Dalrymple , Assistant County Attorney, for appellee.


WATERMAN, Justice.

Defendant, Anthony Devon Polk, confessed in a jailhouse interview to firing his handgun at the scene of a gang-related shooting that left two men with gunshot wounds. We must decide whether the interrogating police officer's tactics rendered Polk's confession inadmissible. Polk contends the officer baited him into talking after Polk had invoked his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent and made improper promises of leniency that suggested by talking...

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