Colorado v. Connelly: Free Will and Rational Intellect No Longer Important Constitutional Considerations

Authors

Andrew N. Benefiel, University of Nebraska College of Law

Date of this Version

9-27-2020

Document Type

Article

Citation

Nebraska Law Bulletin (September 27, 2020)

Comments

Copyright 2020, the author

Abstract

In Colorado v. Connelly the Supreme Court precluded a finding that a confession was involuntary absent coercive police activity, drastically narrowing the inquiry into voluntariness.