A police officer's expression of disbelief as to a suspect's version of events, or expression of belief in the suspect's guilt, during an electronically recorded interview does not of itself constitute improper conduct warranting exclusion of the interview under the public policy discretion. Where objectionable statements by police are edited out of the interview before it is tendered, and the editing does not distort the manner in which admissions were made, the public policy discretion does not require exclusion of the entire interview.
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