Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Moore, No. 10-2740 (2nd Cir.) (670 F.3d 222) (February 22, 2012) (Judge Dennis G. Jacobs) by On appeal of the district court's denial of a motion to suppress a confession, judgment of conviction after plea is affirmed, where: 1) the confession, given after Miranda warnings but also after …

Howes v. Fields, No. 10-680 (U.S. Supreme Court) (565 U.S. 499; 132 S.Ct. 1181) (February 21, 2012) (Justice Alito) by 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 …

U.S. v. Plugh, No. 10-2815-cr (2nd Cir.) (648 F.3d 118) (August 8, 2011) (Judge Debra Ann Livingston) by In a Miranda dispute concerning an order of the district court suppressing certain custodial statements by the defendant and the subsequent appellate sanction of the order, judgments of the district and appeals …

U.S. v. FNU LNU, No. 10-419-cr (2nd Cir.) (653 F.3d 144) (August 9, 2011) (Judge Guido Calabresi) by Conviction and sentencing of defendant for making a false statement in a passport application, misusing a passport, and aggravated identity theft, all arising from an inspection by a USCIS officer at JFK, …

U.S. v. Rogers, No. 09-2405 (1st Cir.) (659 F.3d 74) (October 4, 2011) (Justice Souter) by In this case, a panel from the First Circuit addressed two separate Miranda issues (see, Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966)) - one relating to custodial interrogations, and the other relating the sufficiency …

J.D.B. v. North Carolina, No. 09-11121 (U.S. Supreme Court) (564 U.S. 261; 131 S.Ct. 2394) (June 16, 2011) (Justice Sotomayor) by Because it was generally recognized that custodial police interrogations entail “inherently compelling pressures,” the Supreme Court, in Miranda v. Arizona, 541 U.S. 652 (2004), adopted a set of prophylactic …

U.S. v. Craighead, No. 07-10135 (9th Cir.) (539 F.3d 1073) (August 21, 2008) (Judge Jay S. Bybee) by The question presented in this case was one of first impression in the Ninth Circuit: can an interrogation by law enforcement officers in the suspect's own home turn into such a police-dominated …

Missouri v. Seibert, No. 02-1371 (U.S. Supreme Court) (542 U.S. 600; 124 S.Ct. 2601) (June 28, 2004) (Justice Souter) by Ever since the Supreme Court established, in Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), that suspects are entitled to certain warnings before they may be interrogated, law enforcement officials have …