Are Police Required to Re-Mirandize for New Charges? U.S. Court Justices to Consider Issue
Lawyers USA › October 12, 2011
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The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court considered on Tuesday whether a jail inmate must be Mirandized before police can question him about an unrelated charge.
The case, Howes v. Fields, involves Randall Fields, who was jailed on a charge of disorderly conduct when police questioned him over unrelated allegations that he had sex with a minor.See the full content of this document
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Are Police Required to Re-Mirandize for New Charges? U.S. Court Justices to Consider Issue
After seven hours of questioning and repeatedly saying he no longer wanted to talk, the defendant admitted to two acts of sexual conduct with the minor. He was convicted on the sex charge.
On appe...See the full content of this document
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