What is the state of the law in relation to questioning?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Masaoka, G057600 (Cal. App. 2020):
was not accusatory, aggressive, or domineering, and did not use interrogation techniques to pressure him. (People v. Aguilera (1996) 51 Cal.App.4th 1151, 1164 [highly significant whether questioning lengthy, aggressive, confrontational, threating, intimidating, and accusatory or brief, polite, and courteous].)
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