85-660 Argued: Decided: January 13, 1986 On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Colorado. and his constitutional right to confer with a lawyer before talking to the police. The Colorado Supreme Court held that the trial court's admission of the involuntary confession into evidence is also state action. In this case, the Supreme Court of Colorado held that the United States Constitution requires a court to suppress a confession when the mental state of the defendant, at the time he made the confession, interfered with his "rational intellect" and his "free will." Contacting Justia or any attorney through this site, via web form, email, or otherwise, does not create an attorney-client relationship. "The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provides that no State shall "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." Until today, we have never upheld the admission of a confession that does not reflect the exercise of free will. "[j]urists and scholars uniformly have recognized that the exclusionary rule imposes a substantial cost on the societal interest in law enforcement by its proscription of what concededly is relevant evidence. This holding is unprecedented:"Surely, in the present stage of our civilization, a most basic sense of justice is affronted by the spectacle of incarcerating a human being upon the basis of a statement he made while insane. COLORADO v. CONNELLY 479 U.S. 157 (1986)Narrowly seen, this case deals with true confessions by mentally deranged people, but it resulted in the major holding that the Fifth Amendment's right against compulsory self-incrimination operates only when the coercion is linked to government. Connelly had a history of mental illness and had been of his medication for at least 6 months. The officer advised respondent of his 1. . There is not a shred of competent evidence in this record linking the defendant to the charged homicide. Coercive police activity is a necessary predicate to finding that a confession is not "voluntary" within the meaning of the Due Process Clause. After plenary review of the record, When the defendant confessed to Officer Anderson, the officer's first thought was that Mr. Connelly was a "crackpot." Colorado; Respondent. . in a police vehicle to the location of the crime. "We think that the Supreme Court of Colorado erred in importing into this area of constitutional law notions of "free will" that have no place there. 479 U.S. 157 App. The absence of police misconduct does not necessarily means that the confessions was made on free will. We also conclude that the taking of respondent's statements, and their admission into evidence, constitute no violation of that Clause.The Supreme Court of Colorado went on to affirm the trial court's ruling that respondent's later statements made while in custody should be suppressed because respondent had not waived his right to consult an attorney and his right to remain silent. "We hold that coercive police activity is a necessary predicate to the finding that a confession is not "voluntary" within the meaning of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Metzner's interviews with respondent revealed that respondent was following the "voice of God." suppression hearings would be sufficiently productive in this respect to outweigh the public interest in placing probative evidence before juries for the purpose of arriving at truthful decisions about guilt or innocence. Moreover, the record is barren of any corroboration of the mentally ill defendant's confession. .
. Reluctantly following the command of the voices, respondent approached Officer Anderson Dr. Metzner testified that, in his expert opinion, respondent was experiencing "command hallucinations." 8.
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