As a result of a Supreme Court decision, criminal defendants are entitled to a pretrial hearing that determines whether any confession they have made was voluntarily given or the product of coercion.What case was this?

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The case that established the right to a pretrial hearing to determine the voluntariness of a confession is Jackson v. Denno (1964). A is incorrect because Arizona v. Fulminante (1991) dealt with the harmless error rule in relation to coerced confessions. B and D are incorrect as they are not relevant to the issue of the voluntariness of confessions.

As a Result of a Supreme Court Decision, Criminal Defendants