Re: Miranda rights

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On 11/02/03, Miranda wrote:
> Police have no obligation to read Miranda rights after
> arresting a subject. None.
>
> If they don't, they can't use the subject's statements against
> him in court. Thus under current case law, Miranda is merely
> an evidentiary rule.
>
> One common technique police use, which is legal under current
> case law, is to question a subject in custody without
> Mirandizing him, then Mirandize him and ask him the same
> questions again.
>
> The first round of statements are not admissable in court.
> The second set of statements are.
>
> Because a subject who has not been Mirandized and has
> confessed already feels he has confessed, he is often willing
> to confess again after being Mirandized.
But the Police have to give Miranda rights if charged with a
felony?

Re: Miranda rights, 11/24/04, by SFanua.

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