What is the effect of a sheriff's deputy making a threat to the victim of a shooting?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Sanchez, D073727 (Cal. App. 2018):

Here, the sheriff's deputy who interviewed Sanchez told Sanchez the case against him for shooting at the friend's parents' home was serious and if he did not tell the deputy the truth about what happened, he was going to have the book slammed at him and he was going to go to prison for a long time. It is difficult to characterize these remarks by the deputy as anything other than a threat. "Since threats of harsh penalty often contain an implicit promise of more lenient treatment, they are treated as promises of leniency. [Citation.]" (People v. Cahill (1994) 22 Cal.App.4th 296, 311.)

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