Question

A woman and man were charged with murder. Each gave a confession to the police that implicated both of them. The woman later retracted her confession claiming that it was coerced. The woman and man were tried together. The prosecutor offered both confessions into evidence. The woman and man objected. After a hearing, the trial judge found that both confessions were voluntary and admitted both into evidence. The woman testified at trial, and the man did not. She claimed that her confession was false and the result of coercion. Both defendants were convicted. On appeal, the woman contends her conviction should be reversed because of the admission into evidence of the man's confession. The woman's contention is

Answer 1

she was to give involuntary confession.

Step-by-step explanation:

Remember, we are told, "the woman later retracted her confession claiming that it was coerced". In law when a defendant claims that their confession was coerced (involuntary), it cannot be used against a defendant in court even if it was true.

In fact, the Supreme Court's decision in Miranda v. Arizona case sets this judicial precedence.