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Miranda Rights In New York V Quarles

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A young 18 year old female was kidnapped and raped on March 3rd, 1963. Imagine that young, helpless 18 year old female being your daughter, sister, or some sort of family member. The pain and agony that she went through while being kidnapped and raped was excruciating. The hardest part for some victims is testifying in court, because they then have to almost relive the entire situation. Imagine that your family member’s rapist was not put in jail by the United States Supreme Court because of a procedural error by the police. This is what happened when the United States Supreme Court overturned Ernesto Miranda’s conviction of kidnap and rape. Miranda was not initially caught right away after the rape. The victim went to the police, …show more content…

In New York V. Quarles there is a public safety exception to the requirement that Miranda warnings be given before a suspect’s answers can be admitted into evidence. Quarles was stopped by police and frisked, the frisk revealed an empty holster. Quarles then stated, “The guns over there”. That is a public safety exception. In New York V. Harris, Harris was charged with selling heroin to an undercover police officer. The rule stated, “Evidence inadmissible for lack of Miranda warnings does not prevent the admission of the evidence for all purposes if the admission satisfies another legal admission, such as impeachment.” (http://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/evidence/evidence-keyed-to-mueller/mpeachment-of-witnesses/harris-v-new-york/). In Rhode Island V Innis, Thomas Innis was arrested, read his Miranda Rights and placed in the back of a patrol car. The police then discussed the whereabouts of where the gun would be, and Innis then disclosed the location of where the gun was to avoid any incidents. The Fifth Amendment in terms of interrogations will only be if an individual is expected to respond to any questioning. In this instance, Innis was just around the conversation but not being spoken

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