(Download) "People State Michigan v. Giovani Cipriano" by Supreme Court of Michigan " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People State Michigan v. Giovani Cipriano
- Author : Supreme Court of Michigan
- Release Date : January 16, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 99 KB
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Michigan statutory law requires that an arrested person be brought before a magistrate for arraignment "without unnecessary delay." MCL 764.13, 764.26; MSA 28.871(1), 28.885. 1 In each of these three cases, consolidated on appeal, we must determine the effect of this statutory requirement upon the admissibility of a confession obtained during a period of prearraignment delay. We hold that "unnecessary delay" prior to arraignment is only one factor to be taken into account in evaluating the voluntariness of a confession. If the totality of the surrounding circumstances indicates that a confession was voluntarily given, it shall not be excluded from evidence solely because of prearraignment delay. I