What's New

Latest information from Reid and other industry news

Court opinions re Reid Technique

Interrgoation and Confession Judicial Decisions Organized by Subject Matter

Nov 03, 2022

For many years we have published on our website and through our newsletters legal updates of court decisions which address relevant interview and interrogation issues. The November/December Investigator Tip has listed and...

No case supports the contention that using the Reid technique renders and adult's confession inadmissible

Dec 19, 2019

In the case State v. Belaunde (December 2019) the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division when considering the voluntariness of the defendant's incriminating statement, stated in their opinion that "No...

How the Courts View Interview and Interrogation Techniques

Aug 21, 2019

On a quarterly basis we publish on our website Legal Updates, providing our clients and readers with the latest in court decisions on a variety of interrogation and confession issues. In...

How the Courts View the Reid Technique

Jan 25, 2017

As we move into 2017 we will be celebrating 70 years of excellence. John E. Reid founded the company in 1947. Over the last seven decades the Reid Technique of Interviewing and...

Canadian court supports the Reid Technique

Feb 01, 2010

In the case of R. v. Amos (2009) the Ontario Superior Court upheld the techniques that the interrogator successfully used to obtain a confession, many of which are elements of the Reid...

NY Judge excludes false confession expert - supports The Reid Technique

Jan 29, 2010

In the Manhattan trial of Natavia Lowery, accused of killing Linda Stein, the court rejected the proposed testimony on false confessions of Ohio forensic psychologist Solomon Fulero, stating that, "Fulero would have...