What constitutes false or misleading statements to the arresting officer?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Barrueta, G050121 (Cal. App. 2016):
As this court stated in People v. Fritz (2007) 153 Cal.App.4th 949, "'[A]ny false or misleading statements [the defendant] may make to the arresting officers or others with relation to material facts, for the purpose of misleading, or warding off suspicion . . . is receivable in evidence as indicating a consciousness of guilt . . . .'" (Id.
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