Arizona Laws 13-3902. Treatment of arrested person
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No peace officer, or other official engaged in administering the criminal law, shall use oppressive methods of any kind for the purpose of securing a confession or other evidence of guilt from an arrested person.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-3902
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Peace officer: means any person vested by law with a duty to maintain public order and make arrests and includes a constable. See Arizona Laws 13-105
- Person: means a human being and, as the context requires, an enterprise, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a firm, a society, a government, a governmental authority or an individual or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property. See Arizona Laws 13-105