Legal Question in Criminal Law in Missouri

is it legal for a deputy to say that he has a recorded statement of addmission when in fact he dosent, the recording in no way addmits being guilty, the officer told me that my son addmitted a violation and it was recorded, yet he cant produce it and denies he said it, i have his statement on recording


Asked on 10/09/12, 3:03 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Smith LawSmith

Courts allow officers to lie (with some limitations) to entice defedants and witnesses to provide evicdence. These officers are seldom prosecuted for telling such lies. On the bright side, is that when and oifficer has been shown to lie in a case, their tesitmony is subject to question in all other aspects of the case. If an officer lied to you, and caused you to take a certian course of action, you may be able to convince a judge to reverse that action, by presenting the lie as the reason that the action was taken.

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Answered on 10/12/12, 10:13 am


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