Police heard from an informant that there was gossip that Morgan was involved in trafficking drugs. Morgan
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Police heard from an informant that there was gossip that Morgan was involved in trafficking drugs. Morgan had a record for drug offenses.
Officers Tough and Tricky went to a house where the informant said Morgan was staying and forced entry. The time was 7 am. They found Morgan in bed with his girlfriend. Morgan protested at their entry but they ignored him. They searched the property and found a large quantity of drugs hidden in a garage. They then took Morgan to the police station.
Starting at mid-day, they interrogated Morgan for four hours without a break. Initially, Morgan denied any knowledge of the drugs, saying that he had only been living at the house for a week and had not bothered to look into the garage. Eventually he confessed to involvement in drug trafficking when Officer Tricky told him that an accomplishment had confessed and implicated him. Morgan later discovered that this story was untrue. He now claims that he had no knowledge of the presence of the drugs and had only told the police what they wanted to hear because he was exhausted from the questioning and frightened by their lie about an accomplishment.
Will his confessional statement be admissible as evidence against Morgan at his trial for drug offenses?
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