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AMONETT v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 1613-17-4.

823 S.E.2d 504 (2019)

70 Va. App. 1

James Wesley AMONETT, Jr. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Alexandria.

February 19, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan J. Cilman for appellant.

Liam A. Curry , Assistant Attorney General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: Chief Judge Decker, Judges Humphreys and Huff

This appeal primarily involves three questions: 1) the degree to which promises of leniency made by police officers render statements by the accused "involuntary," or constitute a grant of immunity from a criminal conviction; 2) whether it is the court or a jury that makes that determination, and 3) the effect...

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