Interrogation Tactics, Attenuation,  and the Use of Police Agents
Robert Phillips
Robert Phillips
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  • April 01, 2018

Interrogation Tactics, Attenuation, and the Use of Police Agents

 

Interrogation Tactics, Attenuation, and the Use of Police Agents

Robert C. Phillips
DDA (Retired)
April, 2018

            Sometimes the police are good.  Sometimes they are just lucky.  A recent California appellate court decision out of division 2 of the Second District Court of Appeal—People v. Orozco[1]provides us with an excellent example of the latter.

Facts:

            In Orozco, the defendant—one Edward Orozco—was suspected of having beaten his six-month old daughter, Mia, to ....

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