Criminal
Mar. 4, 2010
Are You Asking for An Attorney or Not?
Assistant Federal Public Defender Harvey Gee examines the Supreme Court's 7-2 majority opinion in Florida v. Powell and the issue of acceptable Miranda warnings.
By Harvey Gee
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week in Florida v. Powell (2010 DJDAR 2675) that the Tampa Police's alternative wording of the Miranda warning is acceptable, even though it does not explicitly state that a suspect has a right to have an attorney present during questioning. In the 7-2 majority opinion written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Court overruled the Florida Supreme Court's finding that Kevin Powell's interview about a 2004 r...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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