Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Day Six: Technical Questions

Serrano is shown the Merranda Rights Form given Flaco on June 6th. The form is in spanish. Serrano says that he read the form to Flaco in spanish.

A lot of time is spent of how the rights were presented to Flaco at the June 6th meeting. Defense attorney Wittman goes over the question of the rights about the right to an attorney. Serrano says that it should be recorded and he translated that segment of the recording word for word. Serrano says that Flaco did not ask about an attorney. Serrano says that Flaco was read the form and signed it.

Wittman questions Serrano about his interrogation technique. Wittman asked if Serrano felt he and Flaco were friendly. Serrano says that they weren't friends, but he did try to develop a relationship with them.

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