CRI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Special Master, Eyewitness Identification, Miranda Warning
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Bush was the driver of the getaway car and had provided a statement to the police about what the defendants did and what they said in the car. The day he was to testify, he refused and said that he had been placed in a situation that had endangered his safety. Bush was locked up in the same jail, on the same tier that byrd and dean were located on, and was taken to the courthouse with one of them the day he was supposed to testify. If the witness continues to refuse to testify after the threat of contempt, he will be deemed an unavailable witness. State vs. cook electronic recording of defendant"s statements: issue: the admissibility of the defendant"s typed-written statement to the police after several hours of interrogation, facts: the defendant was charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old katrina. Each time the police spoke to cook, they advised him of his miranda.
