ALBANY — New York’s highest court ruled Thursday that police can interrogate suspects without reading their Miranda rights or providing a lawyer when they reasonably believe there’s a serious, ongoing emergency. The Court of Appeals said the emergency exception to ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court says prosecutors can use a person’s silence against them if it comes before he’s told of his right to remain silent. The 5-4 ruling comes in the case of Genovevo Salinas, who was convicted ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court seems worried about letting prosecutors use a suspect’s pre-Miranda silence against them in court. The justices heard an appeal Wednesday from Genovevo Salinas. During police questioning, and before he was arrested or read his ...

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A new tool measures how well a defendant understands Miranda warnings. Developed by Richard Rogers, a professor of psychology at University of North Texas and a Miranda expert, the Standardized Assessment of Miranda Abilities (SAMA) is a form of standardized ...

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A 2010 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court is behind a ruling change by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a case involving a defendant’s rights against self-incrimination. At issue is whether Gordon J. Plugh, 39, formerly of Rochester ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide if considerations such as age are factors in determining whether a youth is in police custody and therefore entitled to Miranda rights. The case involves a 13-year-old special education student ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that suspects must explicitly tell police they want to be silent to invoke Miranda protections during criminal interrogations, a decision one dissenting justice said turns defendants’ rights “upside down.”

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Anyone who has watched a police drama knows that an arrested suspect has the Fifth Amendment right to remain silent.

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