Posted On: November 28, 2007
DEFENDANT'S JAILHOUSE ADMISSION OF GUILT WAS NOT COERCED
Statements made in a jail sponsored therapy session were not involuntary nor were part of a confidentiality agreement. The petitioner here was a member of a group therapy session where, in response to comments directed at him by other inmate participants, he made statements to the supervising treating doctor about how "he didn't mean to kill" the young victim.
This is one of those clients you wish you could give the "Foot in Mouth" award to. Go directly to jail, do not pass "go."
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of relief on this ground (the matter was a remand for this purpose).
Beaty v. Schriro, No. 05-99013 (11-28-07).
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