Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

district attorney - interrogations

Would a district attorney ever be

allowed to interrogate a murder suspect

if he wanted to? Or would it depend on

his relationship with the police

department?


Asked on 12/21/08, 7:38 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Quentin Simms LAW OFFICES of QUENTIN B. SIMMS & ASSOCIATES

Re: district attorney - interrogations

The proper question is whether a murder suspect MAY be interrogated by law enforcement, of which the prosecutor is a part. The answer is yes. There are circumstances where such may occur dependent upon the suspect's decisions regarding his waiver, or not, of certain of his constitutional rights.

Whether a particular prosecutor or deputy prosecutor WOULD interrogate is dependent upon the specific parties and circumstances. But they are not blanketedly forclosed from doing such interrogations.

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Answered on 12/24/08, 3:00 am


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