{"id":647,"date":"2018-03-13T12:44:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T16:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearwatersexcrimeslawyer.com\/?p=119"},"modified":"2026-01-31T08:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:55:16","slug":"police-interviews-florida-sex-crime-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/police-interviews-florida-sex-crime-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Interviews in Florida Sex Crime Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone suspected of or charged with a sex crime in Florida should have an attorney by his or her side when talking to the police. As a <a href=\"https:\/\/edca.1dca.org\/DCADocs\/2016\/4539\/164539_1284_03082018_10012438_i.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent case<\/a> out of the state\u2019s First District Court of Appeal shows, police interview statements can be later used against you in court.A defendant was arrested and charged with sexual battery on a person physically helpless to resist. The charge stemmed from an incident in which the defendant and a friend allegedly had sex with a female acquaintance at a party. The defendant denied having sex with the woman in an interview with a police officer. The officer explained that DNA tests would be performed to determine if he was telling the truth. The defendant, in response, told the officer that his DNA was likely on the sheets in the bed where the battery allegedly took place, and it could also be on the victim because she had been in the bed. He maintained, however, that he didn\u2019t have sex with the woman. The officer responded as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOkay. So that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re gonna stick with. Because I&#8217;m going to find out probably if you did. I mean, I&#8217;m going to find\u2014if you did, I&#8217;m going to find out. I don&#8217;t want to\u2014I don&#8217;t want you to [mislead] me. One chance to tell me the truth. And that&#8217;s where we&#8217;re at. Final words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/police-interviews-florida-sex-crime-cases\/#more-647\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone suspected of or charged with a sex crime in Florida should have an attorney by his or her side when talking to the police. As a recent case out of the state\u2019s First District Court of Appeal shows, police interview statements can be later used against you in court.A defendant was arrested and charged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sex-crimes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sex Charge: Police Interviews Sex Crime<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In Pinellas County, a sex crime charge case can hinge on police interviews sex crime. See how this ruling your defense. 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