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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This page is continued from Criminal Proceedings<\/a> >>>> 1. The Arrest, Search and Seizure, and Booking<\/a>:<\/strong>
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interrogation<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
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1. The formal or systematic questioning of a person; especially, intensive questioning by the police, usually of a person arrested for or suspected of committing a crime.\u00a0 *\u00a0 The Supreme Court has held that, for purposes of the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, interrogation includes not only express questioning but also words or actions th<\/strong>at the police should know are reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response. Rhode Island v. Innis<\/em>, 446 US. 291, 100 S.Ct. 1082 (1980)<\/span>.<\/strong> \u2014 <\/span>interrogate<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, vb<\/em>. interrogative<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, adj<\/em>. [1]
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1. The questioning of a criminal suspect by the police.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See custodial interrogation<\/em>; Escobedo rule<\/em>; Miranda rule<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. The questioning of any person.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

interrogating <\/span>– Propounding questions; questioning, especially, a witness, a prospective witness, or one suspected of the commission of a crime.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

Miranda<\/em> rule<\/span><\/a> – a criminal suspect in police custody must be informed of certain constitutional rights before being interrogated. Miranda v Arizona<\/em>, 384 U.S., 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602 (1966)<\/span>.
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Various Forms of Interrogation:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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custodial interrogation<\/span> –<\/strong> (1966) Police questioning of a detained person about the crime that he or she is suspected of having committed.\u00a0 *\u00a0 Miranda warnings must be given before a custodial interrogation. <\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A term that arises from the Miranda rule, which provides that a person who has been taken into police custody cannot be questioned until he has been advised of his relevant constitutional rights, including the right to have an attorney present.<\/strong> [1]
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investigatory interrogation<\/span> –<\/strong> (1962) Routine, nonaccusatory questioning by the police of a person who is not in custody.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

noncustodial interrogation<\/span> –<\/strong> (1966) Police questioning of a suspect who has not been detained and can leave at will.\u00a0 *\u00a0 Miranda warnings are usu. not given before a noncustodial interrogation.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

interrogative question<\/span> –<\/strong> (1940) Civil law<\/em>. In a criminal trial, a question asked of a witness to elicit inadmissible evidence relating to the crime at issue in the case.<\/strong>
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assertive question<\/span> –<\/strong> (1968) Civil law<\/em>. A question asked of a witness at a criminal trial, by which inadmissible evidence is sought, to provide the jury with details regarding another crime.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

interrogator <\/span>–<\/strong> (18c) Someone who poses questions to another.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

interrogatee <\/span>–<\/strong> (1816) Someone who is interrogated.<\/strong> \u2014 aka interrogee<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [1]
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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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