In what circumstances will a defendant be found to have been coerced into giving an acknowledgment to the officer during an interrogation?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jones, 17 Cal.4th 279, 70 Cal.Rptr.2d 793, 949 P.2d 890 (Cal. 1998):
Defendant contends that this acknowledgment was not freely given; it was "simply part of the 'cooperation' that was demanded by the officers." (People v. Denney (1984) 152 Cal.App.3d 530, 544, 199 Cal.Rptr. 623.) We perceive no such quality in the above quoted exchange. In the course of an interrogation the trial court found "low-key" and "nonthreatening," defendant's reply does not appear to have been coerced. (Cf. ibid.)
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