CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - SUPREME COURT LIMITS APPLICABILITY OF MIRANDA BY NARROWING THE DEFINITION OF 'CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION'

• NCJ Number: 41553
• Journal: Fordham Law Review Volume: 45 Issue: 5 Dated: (APRIL 1977) Pages: 1222-1235
• Author(s): T N FARRIS
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: Fordham University
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS NOTE BRIEFLY DISCUSSES THE 1977 CASE OF OREGON V. MATHIASON, WHERE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT LIMITED THE APPLICABILITY OF MIRANDA V. ARIZONA BY NARROWING THE DEFINITION OF 'CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION.'

Abstract

THE SPECIFIC HOLDING WAS, IN EFFECT, THAT A DEFENDANT'S VOLUNTARY PRESENCE, ALBEIT AT A POLICEMAN'S INVITATION, IN A POLICE STATION DOES NOT PER SE CONSTITUTE CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION. SEVERAL CASES BASED ON FACTS SIMILAR TO MATHIASON ARE EXAMINED TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THE DECISION ON THE MIRANDA DOCTRINE....MSP