Criminal
Jun. 9, 2000
Confession Protection
Forum: By Vincent J. O'Neill Jr. Charles Dickerson blended into the crowd when U.S. v. Dickerson, 166 F.3d 667 (1999), was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on April 19. I attended the proceedings with my 20-year-old son, who asked whether the defendant would be present. I explained that he was free to attend if he wasn't in custody and later learned Dickerson had indeed witnessed the unlikely alliance between his attorney, James Hundley, and U.S. Solicitor Gerneral Seth Waxman, who sought to preserve the 34-year-old rule of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966).
By Vincent J. O'Neill Jr.
Charles Dickerson blended into the crowd when U.S. v. Dickerson, 166 F.3d 667 (1999), was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on April 19. I attended the proceedings with my 20-year-old son, who asked whether the defendant would be present. I explained that he was free to a...
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