Opinion ID: 152623
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Huffman

Text: Huffman's account of the interrogation drastically differs from the officers' testimony. Huffman testified that the officers told her and Sanchez that Sanchez was going to jail. When Huffman asked why, the officers told her for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. Both officers deny ever threatening to charge Sanchez with attempted murder. Huffman stated that the officers denied her request to talk to her son and refused to explain why they needed to question her son. According to Huffman, the officers' tone during the questioning was angry and very intimidating towards [Huffman] and [her] son. Huffman described Officer Rave's attitude and behavior during questioning as follows: He was rather angry and hehe got up, like, you know, really close in my face, as well as my son's face, and he was like, he's going to go to jail. He needs, you know, he needs to tell us what happened. And then he, you know, went up to my son andwell, my son was sitting there and he was saying the same thing to him: You need to tell us what happened. He was rather angry. Officer Rave's behavior surprised Huffman because she considered him a part of her family. Huffman described Officer Monroe as not quite as angry as Officer Rave, but he was angry and he was rather intimidating. Officer Monroe kept badgering Sanchez, and when Huffman asked to speak to her son, the officers told her that Sanchez was in their custody and that if she wanted to talk to him, she needed to sign the waiver form. Officer Monroe repeatedly told Huffman that Sanchez was going to jail. Huffman describes a confused scene in which she, as well as the officers, asked Sanchez what had happened. The officers asked Sanchez about his involvement in the assault, and Sanchez kept saying, I didn't do it. According to Huffman, she started getting angry at Sanchez because she did not know what was happening. Huffman stated that, at one point in time, Officer Rave, Officer Monroe, and Huffman were angry and showing anger toward Sanchez. Huffman testified that Sanchez made a statement when we were hollering at him. Right before Sanchez made the statement, Huffman told Sanchez to say something and that he need[ed] to tell them. Huffman denied that the officers showed her a picture of the victim's injuries in response to a question that she had asked. She said that Sanchez confessed after the officers showed the picture. After Sanchez confessed, Huffman became upset, started to cry, left the police station, and went home. She eventually returned to the police station, but the officers had not returned to the station with her son. When the officers eventually brought her son back to the station, they denied Huffman's request to talk to him. Huffman says she never knew that the officers were going to take Sanchez to the crime scene.