Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Evidence : From 10/01/03 To 07/01/04
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence |
| Title: | US v. PATANE |
| Date: | 06/28/04 |
| Case Number: | 02-1183 |
| Summary: | Failure to give as suspect full Miranda warnings does not require the suppression of the physical fruits of the suspect's unwarned, voluntary statements. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence |
| Title: | MISSOURI v. SEIBERT |
| Date: | 06/28/04 |
| Case Number: | 02-1371 |
| Summary: | Where an officer intentionally withheld Miranda warnings, obtained a confession, then issued Miranda warnings and elicited a second confession, the court found that both confessions were inadmissible as violating the defendant’s Fifth Amendment rights. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence |
| Title: | TENNARD v. DRETKE |
| Date: | 06/24/04 |
| Case Number: | 02-10038 |
| Summary: | In a capital murder case involving a defendant with an IQ of 67, a COA should have issued, because a reasonable jurist could have found the district court's assessment of constitutional claims, relating to defendant's low IQ, debatable or wrong. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence |
| Title: | CRAWFORD v. WASHINGTON |
| Date: | 03/08/04 |
| Case Number: | 02-9410 |
| Summary: | Admission of a testimonial statement made by defendant's wife during police interrogation violated the Confrontation Clause. Where testimonial statements are at issue, the only indicium of reliability sufficient to satisfy constitutional demands is confrontation. |