MIRANDA

Miranda Rights: Dickerson vs. United States

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Miranda Rights: Dickerson vs. United States

The Supreme Court set the stage for honoring that reproach by agreeing to decide Dickerson vs. United States, a case challenging the constitutional moorings of Miranda. That 5-4 precedent, authored by Chief Justice Earl Warren, conditions the admissibility of voluntary and reliable custodial confessions in criminal prosecutions on police recitation of prior Miranda warnings: namely, that the Fifth Amendment guarantees a right to silence; that anything said might be used against the suspect; and, that the detainee enjoys a right to counsel, supplied by the government in cases ...