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Following is the case brief for Missouri v. Seibert, 542 U.S. 600 (2004) Case Summary of Missouri v. Seibert: When questioning Patrice Seibert in a murder case, police obtained her confession before giving her Miranda warnings. Then, after a short break, police gave her the warnings and had her repeat her confession. Seibert was ultimately convicted based on the second, post-warning, confession. Seibert’s […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Salinas v. Texas, Supreme Court of the United States, (2013) Case summary for Salinas v. Texas: Salinas voluntarily went down to a police station regarding a murder, resulting in the death of two victims. Before being taken into custody or read his Miranda rights, Salinas answered several questions asked by police officers. When asked […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Escobedo v. Illinois, United States Supreme Court, (1964) Case summary for Escobedo v. Illinois: Twenty-two year old Escobedo was taken into custody for questioning regarding a murder. Escobedo repeatedly asked for his attorney and was denied. Another suspect, Di Gerlando, was at the station and told officers that Escobedo shot and killed the victim. […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for Berghuis v. Thompkins, 560 U.S. 370 (2010). Case Summary of Berghuis v. Thompkins Thompkins was suspected of shooting someone. He was interrogated by police after being advised of his Miranda warnings. He remained largely silent but implicated himself in the killing at the end of the lengthy interrogation. The trial court denied a motion to suppress the […]
Read moreThe Miranda rights is a set of instructions that are required to be given to a person taken into custody on suspicion of having committed a criminal act, before he can be questioned by police. The purpose of the Miranda rights is to ensure such individuals are made aware of their right to not make any statement that incriminates themselves, […]
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