officer told suspect "the best thing to do was to tell the truth about it, that people might think more of him to do it"
How later courts described this case
- officer told suspect "the best thing to do was to tell the truth about it, that people might think more of him to do it"
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
BEAUCHAMP, Judge
(dissenting).
I am unable to concur in this opinion. The officer taking the statement relied on as a confession admits it was not freely and voluntarily made: That they just sweet-talked him out of it. I think such is contrary to the dissenting opinion in Ward v. State, 144 Tex. Crim. Rep. 444, 158 S. W (2d) 516 , which was in effect upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States in Ward v. Texas, 62 S. C. R. 1139.