State West Virginia v. Winston C. fortner

1. "The delay in taking a defendant to a magistrate may be a critical factor [in the totality of circumstances making a confession involuntary and hence inadmissible] where it appears that the primary purpose of the delay was to obtain a confession from the defendant. Syllabus Point 6, State v. Persinger, W.Va., 169 W.Va. 121, 286 S.E.2d 261 (1982), as amended." Syllabus Point 1, State v. Guthrie, 315 S.E.2d 397 (1984).