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Article: 'Miranda' warnings could change
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- Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
- Article date:
- July 16, 2009
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The U.S. Supreme Court in its just-wrapped-up term granted
certiorari in a case about an individual's right to an attorney
during custodial police interrogations.
The issue presented may lead the court to modify its 1966
decision in Miranda v. Arizona and conclude so-called Miranda
warnings no longer are necessary.
The case Florida v. Powell, No. 08-1175 involves a defendant who
was arrested on a firearms possession charge after police found a
gun in a house where he occasionally lived. Tampa police detectives
used a standard department form that informed Powell of his "right
to talk to a lawyer before answering any of our questions," but did
not explicitly say he had the right to have an ...