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Where did the interrogation take place? When and how long?

For all officers involved, everything the client knows about the officer’s:
Name:

Badge number:

Rank or title:

Agency or Department:

Street address:

Phone number:

Email and website addresses:

Physical characteristics useful for identifying the individual:

For all other persons present, get information as for witnesses, supra.

Was a lie detector test given? Yes No

What specific questions did the officers ask? (This is often a good means of learning something about the

prosecution’s case.)

Did the police confront the client with any evidence against the client?

If so, what:

Did the police tell the client that any person had incriminated the client or that any co-respondent or purported

juvenile or adult co-perpetrator had confessed?

If so, who:

Did the client tell the police anything? Yes No

Did the client make a written statement? Yes No

Did s/he sign it? Yes No

Did the client fill out or sign any forms? Yes No

Describe the forms:

What did the client say in any written or signed statement or in filling out any form? (The client should

be asked to tell counsel everything s/he remembers, in detail.)

Did the client make an oral statement? Yes No

Was it tape-recorded or video-recorded? Yes No