People v. Vasila

In People v. Vasila (1995) 38 Cal.App.4th 865, there was no dispute that investigators made express promises of leniency; they told the defendant that if he disclosed where illegal firearms were hidden they would not institute a federal prosecution against him and they would release him on his own recognizance. (Id. at p. 875.) The Vasila court found that the defendant's decision to lead investigators to the illegal firearms was motivated by these promises of leniency and was therefore involuntary. (Id. at pp. 875-877.)