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Detective: You Lied To Me

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

Cops lie.Now before the comment section fills up, let's be honest: (no pun intended) cops lie. Lawyers lie. Witnesses lie.We all know.But today was different. It was different because I caught a detective lying to me not in court, but to my face (well, on the phone).My mom had surgery today. She's fine. I took the day to be in the hospital with her.The Detective called my office to schedule a statement. One of my clients agreed to give a statement in case in return for probation in a case where there was a minumum mandatory sentence.Now granted she called last week when I was on standby for 2 trials and couldn't commit to a date.Today she calls and is told I am out on a family emergency. Some background: a cop tells me he sneezed 3 days ago and needs to reset his deposition, done...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on April 30, 2009 (boomark / email).