Is a police detective's failure to give a police officer a proper reminder of his rights in the course of questioning a defendant in the second and third sessions rendered inadmissible?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Roberts, F071777 (Cal. App. 2017):
"The business of police detectives is investigation, and they may elicit incriminating information from a suspect by any legal means." (People v. Jones (1998) 17 Cal.4th 279, 297.) Under the totality of the circumstances, defendant's statements in the second and third sessions were not rendered inadmissible by detectives' failure to give him an official reminder of his rights.
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The judgment is affirmed.
/s/_________
DETJEN, J.
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