People v. Mandoline

Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of 1st-degree murder and aggravated arson. Defendant's statements to police were given voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently, and thus court properly denied Defendant's motion to suppress his statements. Detectives were applying psychological pressure to Defendant in an unobjectionable way, and did not make promises of leniency, and they gave Miranda warnings at outset of interrogation and again when Defendant reinitiated discussion with police. State overcame presumption  of inadmissibility by showing that statements were given voluntarily and were reliable. State showed that electronic recording of smoking breaks was not feasible. (BURKE and SPENCE, concurring.)