What is the test for questioning a witness in a criminal case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Delgadillo, B295324 (Cal. App. 2020):
interrogation is to establish or prove past events potentially relevant to later criminal prosecution." (Davis v. Washington (2006) 547 U.S. 813, 822.)
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