California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Hurlic, 14 Cal.App.3d 122, 92 Cal.Rptr. 55 (Cal. App. 1971):
We assume, at least for the sake of argument, that the deception, if any, was of such a nature as to be reasonably likely to procure an untrue statement. 11 (People v. Ketchel, 59 Cal.2d 503, 519--520, 30 Cal.Rptr. 538, 381 P.2d 394.) That seems justified, for if defendant had indeed personally killed one or both of the victims, he might try to lie himself into what he believed to be a lesser offense. We do not think, however, that realistically there was any deception.
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