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GA: Miranda violation does mean that physical evidence found from it should be suppressed if the statement is voluntary

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

A Miranda violation with a voluntary statement does not justify suppression of evidence derived from it. Reaves v. State, 2008 Ga. LEXIS 622 (July 11, 2008).* State officer's arrest was certainly with probable cause, so the court does not need to grapple with the outer limits of what Virginia v. Moore means on the officer's jurisdictional limits. United States v. Sed, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52916 (W.D. Pa. July 11, 2008).* Actual discovery of the alleged unlawful nature of plaintiff's search was within the statute of limitations period even though the search was beyond it. Johnson v. Garza, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52947 (N.D. Ill. July 11, 2008).* Affidavit for search warrant for documents in a tax fraud case clearly showed probable cause to believe that tax fraud was occurring...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on July 15, 2008 (boomark / email).