1. After viewing the confessions, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah W. Hays advised District Judge Dean Whipple to suppress confessions given by Michael LeBrun to naval investigators. 2. He sued Polaha, his lawyer in the first case, for failing to suppress his confession and investigate the accident. 3. His lawyer, Alex Shulman, said on Friday morning that he would fight to suppress a confession in which Johnson reportedly admitted to both slayings. 4. His motion to suppress the confession was denied during the trial, and the confession was upheld by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. 5. If not, in most circumstances, any confession would be suppressed. 6. One trick finally spurred a court to suppress a confession. 7. Sutton, with his co-counsel, former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, at his side, said he planned to file a motion to suppress the confession. 8. The county attorney, Marilyn Slaatten, suggested that Sutton ask the court to suppress the confession if he thought it was improperly obtained. 9. The court also suppressed a confession Straw gave to police, because the confession flowed from the illegal seizure of the briefcase. 10. However, the judge agreed with the defense and ordered the confession suppressed. |
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