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Tennessee Supreme Court Rules on Miranda Issue

By Baker Associates

The United States Constitution gives a multitude of rights to those considered suspects in a criminal case. Unfortunately, many suspects are unaware of those rights. Prior to the landmark case of Miranda v. Arizona, which eventually made its way to the United States Supreme Court, law enforcement officials who intended to question suspects who were in custody for purposes of using the suspect?s answers at trial were not required to advise the suspect of his or her constitutional rights. In Miranda, however, the United States Supreme Court ruled that answers given by a suspect in police custody in response to police interrogation can only be introduced as evidence at trial if the suspect was informed (1) that he or she has the right to consult an attorney before and during questioning and (2) that he or she has a right against self-incrimination...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on December 29, 2009 (boomark / email).