…validly waived his Miranda protections; any error stemming from general background questions before the Miranda warning was harmless U.S. v. Contreras, ___ F.4th ___; 2025 WL 2348709 (Aug. 14, 2025)….
Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court decided Berghuis v. Thompkins, an important Miranda case. (There are other issues in the case, too, but this post will focus on the Miranda…
…Ernesto Miranda — yes, that Miranda — and what happened after the Supreme Court reversed his conviction. The piece concludes: “And what became of Miranda? The case was retried without…
…not be considered “in custody” for purposes of Miranda. According to the court: …[A] Terry stop does not constitute Miranda custody. Just like the subject of a traffic stop, the…
…the hospital. He claimed his detention by a nurse until police arrived constituted a citizen’s arrest and triggered the protections of Miranda. The Court disagreed. Under Miranda, a suspect must…
…defendant at trial without running afoul of the Fifth Amendment right to be free from self-incrimination. That’s because suspects aren’t in custody for purposes of the Fifth Amendment or Miranda…
…v. Martinez, 538 U.S. 760 (2003). Does the public safety exception to Miranda apply? Not clear. Some have suggested that Tsarnaev could be questioned without Miranda warnings, and that any…
The Court of Appeals decided two Miranda cases last week: In re J.D.B, available here, and State v. Rooks, available here. The former is a very close juvenile case that…
…prison to conduct an interview. After one of the agents read the defendant a Miranda warning, the defendant agreed to talk. He answered many of the agent’s questions but refused…
…post-arrest, pre-Miranda warnings silence). If the issue comes up in one of your cases, here’s a handy chart to keep the rules straight: For Impeachment As Substantive Evidence Post-Arrest, Post-Miranda…
