Henry has been arrested for stealing a car belonging to the local highway department. He was found by the side of a local highw
ay with a flat tire, trying to change the tire on the highway department car. He has been taken to the local police station, where he is waiting in the interrogation room for detectives to talk to him. If state law in the neighboring state requires that the interrogation be videotaped, what impact does that law have on this interrogation?
In some countries, states do not have the autonomy to formulate their own laws. The US is not one of those. In the state territory, although there are laws that apply throughout the country, each state can formulate its own laws and these must be followed within the limits of the state and punishable by those who disobey. The law of each state must be judged in its home state and cannot be imposed on another state that does not accept that law as the rule to be followed. Thus, in relation to the above question, we can conclude that if state law in the neighboring state requires that interrogation be recorded on video, that law has no impact on state interrogation that does not require such recording.
