Does a police interview of a suspect have coercive aspects to it?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Brooks, F051251 (Cal. App. 7/29/2008), F051251 (Cal. App. 2008):

"Any interview of one suspected of a crime by a police officer will have coercive aspects to it, simply by virtue of the fact that the police officer is part of a law enforcement system which may ultimately cause the suspect to be charged with a crime. But police officers are not required to administer Miranda warnings to everyone whom they question. Nor is the requirement of warnings to be imposed simply because the questioning takes place in the station house, or because the questioned person is one whom the police suspect." (Oregon v. Mathiason (1977) 429 U.S. 492, 495.)

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