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Pretext Calls ? What You Need To Know

By Neil Shous, Esq.

News that United Kingdom law enforcement officials are set to begin trying to make rape suspects incriminate themselves via telephone or text message means there?s no time like the present to review pretext calls. This self-incriminatory tactic is often used by California police early on in rape cases, and you need to know how to protect yourself against the dreaded pretext call. What is a pretext call? It may be from a friend, stranger, child, adult, or old acquaintance. Generally, the person will call and start asking questions about old accusations or events in an attempt to get you to say something self-incriminating. For example, the person might be an old girlfriend who brings up a situation that could be construed as date rape. If you apologize or acknowledge the incident on tape, even if it?s an incident you did not feel guilty of or involved in, the tape could be used as evidence at trial...continue to full post

Full post as published by California Criminal Defense Blog on January 16, 2008 (boomark / email).