Court Opinion

ID: 9647548
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 13:39:45.058714+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:23:49.729796
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DONNELLY, Judge,
dissenting.
In this case, there is an explicit waiver of the rights to remain silent and to have an attorney. The accused “initialed each line on the [Miranda] card.”
The majority rejects the position that, in such circumstance, a confession should be suppressed only if such waiver was “obtained by coercion or because of incapacity or diminished intelligence.” State v. Clark, 592 S.W.2d 709, 721 (Mo. banc 1980) (Donnelly, J., dissenting).
In my view, this rejection is unfortunate. It devalues further the concern for victims as a component in the social equation.
I respectfully dissent.