State v. Griffin

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant’s convictions after holding that the rifle and related evidence were admissible under the independent source doctrine and that his confession was voluntary. The search-warrant affidavit established probable cause independently of the allegedly unlawful entry, and the combined interrogation tactics did not overbear the defendant’s will under the totality of the circumstances. The court declined to adopt a state constitutional prophylactic rule requiring special treatment of the interrogation tactics at issue.