Sentence examples for was voluntarily given from inspiring English sources
"In addition, Michael's helmet camera was voluntarily given to the investigating authorities by the family.
It was a camera in the helmet that prosecutors wanted to analyse to determine the cause of the accident, with Kehm confirming that it was "voluntarily given to the investigating authorities by the family" in an attempt to assist their investigation.
"A gun played no part in the argument and was voluntarily given to the police for safekeeping.
It is not clear how many of these cases were voluntarily given over by local law enforcement, as often happens.
Under Greek law, child abduction charges can include cases where a minor is voluntarily given away by the parents outside the legal adoption process.
The F.C.C. will issue proposed rules for what it calls incentive auctions — the sale of airwaves that are voluntarily given up by broadcasters in exchange for a portion of the auction proceeds.
The appellate decision rested on an obscure 1968 law providing that a confession is admissible as long as it is "voluntarily given" in light of "all the circumstances" -- regardless of whether the suspect was read his rights.
But under the Supreme Court's 1966 Miranda decision, the standard that American courts use to determine if statements are voluntarily given and thus admissible as evidence, suspects must be informed of their right to legal representation before they are interrogated.
That section provides, in relevant part: "(a) In any criminal prosecution brought by the United States or by the District of Columbia, a confession shall be admissible in evidence if it is voluntarily given.
The 1968 statute provides that a confession is admissible as long as it is "voluntarily given" in light of "all the circumstances," whether or not the suspect was read his rights.
In a 1973 case, the Supreme Court ruled that consent to a search, for instance, must be "voluntarily given, and not the result of duress or coercion, express or implied".
