
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 ....