Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in New Mexico

May Officer coherese victum for details he believes happend

When an officer is getting the victums story, of what happened, and believes the victum has left something out, and asks several times, may the officer tell the victum certain details, he believes happened, and then ask if that happened? Is this evedence admissable in court if victum later declares it is false and was cohersed.


Asked on 5/20/06, 9:15 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

Re: May Officer coherese victum for details he believes happend

Any person is free to repudiate a statement, edit it, correct it, or otherwise modify it at any time, including when testifying for the first time. It is good to have a clear explanation of why your story has changed.

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Answered on 5/21/06, 6:48 pm


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