Court Opinion

ID: 9854961
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:17:27.235278+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:23:37.598470
License: Public Domain

MOSK, Acting C. J., Concurring.
.--I agree with the conclusion of the majority in this case, I cannot approve an opinion that purports to “take guidance” (maj. opn., ante, p. 576) from People v. Cahill (1993) 5 Cal.4th 478 [20 Cal.Rptr.2d 582, 853 P.2d 1037].
Cahill, an opinion that deemed coerced confessions to be harmless, was and remains a cruel aberration in the law. It casts doubt on our devotion to justice and perpetuates a medieval concept that convictions can be obtained by any means and at any cost to integrity.
Unnecessarily citing Cahill for “guidance” reflects unfavorably on the otherwise satisfactory analysis of this opinion.