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Miranda Takes a Hit

This may get lost in the shuffle of today's big opinions, but it shouldn't. The Supreme Court decided two Miranda cases today, and in one of them, Miranda takes a hit.

The Court holds that physical fruits of a Miranda violation don't get suppressed but that purposeful Miranda violations vitiate a subsequent confession.

The Siebert opinion is here and the Patane opinion is here.

Update: AP article on decisions here.

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