EID, J., dissenting 132 The majority holds that the defendant's statements were rendered involuntary because the detective threatened that "if [the defendant] did not tell the truth, he would likely be deported to Iraq." Maj. op. 13. I disagree. First, the detective's actual statement-that "even you being in this country is in jeopardy"-was not a threat, as the majority seems to think; instead, it was an entirely…
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