Setting aside due process considerations, confessions obtained by federal law enforcement officers are

A. Controlled exclusively by Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
B. Always admissible if given voluntarily
C. Excluded if the confession is obtained after a defendant is held for an unreasonable period of time without being brought before a magistrate
D. Excluded if the confession is obtained after a defendant is held six hours without being brought before a magistrate


ANSWER: D Corley

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