ARIZONA V. FULMINANTE
499 U.S. 279 (1991)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was an appeal from a conviction for murder.
FACTS: An 11-year-old stepdaughter of D was found murdered in the desert. D was suspected
but nothing was ever determined. When D was later put in prison for firearm possession, D
was approached by an informant who eventually got D to confess to the murder of the girl;
but used veiled threats of prison retaliation and protection. D was tried and convicted and
the judge allowed his confessions in at trial. D was sentenced to death. D appealed; the
confession to the informant was the product of coercion. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled the
confession coerced but that the admission was harmless error; but that was later
reconsidered and the conviction was reversed and D was ordered retried without the use of
the confession.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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