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The Booking Questions Dilemma; An Update
Robert Phillips
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  • October 01, 2018

The Booking Questions Dilemma; An Update

The Booking Questions Dilemma; An Update

Robert C. Phillips
Deputy District Attorney (Ret.)
October, 2018

 

            The rule has long been that routine booking questions asked of an in-custody suspect for the purpose of obtaining background, biographical information, are generally permitted[1] in that such questions are not considered to be part of an interrogation.[2]  Any incriminating responses made by the suspect in response to such questions are typically admissible in evidence against him.© 2026 Legal Updates, LLC.
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