Howes v. Fields, No. 10-680 (U.S. Supreme Court) (565 U.S. 499; 132 S.Ct. 1181) (February 21, 2012) (Justice Alito)
Here a divided Court held that the prisoner was not entitled to receive any Miranda warnings in advance of a lengthy and coercive prison interrogation on the grounds that imprisonment alone is not enough to trigger a custodial interrogation under Miranda.
In a decision that signals a significant erosion of ...
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