What is a peace officer's duty to question a citizen?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Autio, 1994 CanLII 9170 (AB QB):
The time honoured common law rule (Rice v. Connelly (supra)) drew a distinction between a peace officer's duty to question, on the one hand, and the citizen's legal duty to answer on the other.
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