In State v. Miller, 76 N.J. 392, 403-05, 388 A.2d 218 (1978), the New Jersey Supreme Court held that a confession obtained by an investigator who told a murder suspect that he was his friend and wanted to help him, and that whoever committed the crime was not a criminal who should be punished but a person who needed medical treatment, did not violate the defendant's due process rights. The Court observed that the "use of a psychiatrically-oriented technique is not improper merely because it causes a suspect to change his mind and confess." Id. at 405, 388 A.2d 218.