Government,
California Supreme Court
Dec. 27, 2022
3 high court justices say deputy may have violated Miranda
“The officer knew that continued interrogation violated Miranda and that the statements would not be admissible at trial, but he kept questioning Rivera anyway,” Justice Joshua P. Groban wrote. “I therefore have serious doubts as to whether the procedure employed here is lawful.”
Three of the state Supreme Court’s seven justices expressed concern about whether Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detectives violated a murder suspect’s Miranda rights by continuing to question him for 19 minutes after he invoked his right to counsel.
The state high court denied review last week of a 2nd District Court of Appeal decision affirming two first-degree murder convictions against a gang member, Miguel Rivera.
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