Re: being read your miranda rights
Posted by FS on 12/12/07

On 10/20/07, notacriminal wrote:
> I, along with four other people, was arrested the other
> night for underaged drinking and being drunk in public.
> I'm an 18 year old male. There were about 7 policemen
> while we were getting questioned and put under arrest and
> NONE of them bothered to read us our rights. You could say
> I might have forgotten that they read them, since I was
> drunk and all, but from the minute I saw the marked car, I
> knew we were going to get put in the drunk tank and I was
> waiting the whole night to get my rights read to me, it
> never happened. What can I do?

Miranda only applies if you are in custody and are being
subject to incriminating questions. If those two things are
present, Miranda must be read before the questioning.

Posts on this thread, including this one

• being read your miranda rights, 10/20/07, by notacriminal.
• Re: being read your miranda rights, 12/12/07, by FS.