Does questioning of a police officer during a custodial interrogation constitute an interrogation designed to gather evidence?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Parsons, C090778 (Cal. App. 2020):

First, the questioning of a coparticipant during a custodial interrogation carries with it signs of a formal interrogation designed to gather evidence. (See Crawford v. Washington, supra, 541 U.S. at pp. 51-52 [158 L.Ed.2d at p. 193].)

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