Opinion ID: 152623
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Heading: Length of the Interrogation

Text: Neither party disputes the relatively brief duration of the interrogation26 minuteswhich includes the reading and waiver of Sanchez's Miranda rights. This factor weighs in favor of a finding that Sanchez's confession was voluntary, as we have previously place[d] substantial weight on the fact that [the defendant] confessed after a mere thirty-three minutes.  LeBrun, 363 F.3d at 726 (emphasis added). As in LeBrun, this is not a situation where the officers wore down a defendant's will with persistent questioning over a considerable length of time. Id.; see also United States v. Dehghani, 550 F.3d 716, 721 (8th Cir.2008) ([T]he interrogation lasted approximately five and a half hours, which is not sufficient to render the confession involuntary per se.); Simmons v. Bowersox, 235 F.3d 1124, 1133 (8th Cir. 2001) (We do not find the period of interrogation in the present caseapproximately two hoursto be particularly lengthy.); Jenner v. Smith, 982 F.2d 329, 334 (8th Cir.1993) (The fact that the questioning extended for six or seven hours is not per se unconstitutionally coercive.).