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Learning Disabled Juveniles & Miranda Rights - What Constitutes Voluntary, Knowing, & Intelligent Waiver, Steven A. Greenburg
Learning Disabled Juveniles & Miranda Rights - What Constitutes Voluntary, Knowing, & Intelligent Waiver, Steven A. Greenburg
Golden Gate University Law Review
The specific factual issue addressed in this article is whether the federal waiver standards announced in Connelly require California courts, absent police coercion, to admit the confession of a learning disabled juvenile who waives Miranda rights yet lacks sufficient cognitive ability to understand the rights and consequences of waiving them.
Restricting The Miranda Presumption And Pruning The Poisonous Tree: Oregon V. Elstad, Marte J. Bassi
Restricting The Miranda Presumption And Pruning The Poisonous Tree: Oregon V. Elstad, Marte J. Bassi
Golden Gate University Law Review
The Elstad decision is significant because the Court eliminated the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine with regard to Miranda violations, if the secondary evidence is a subsequent confession. As a result of Elstad, before a court will apply the derivative evidence rule to the secondary evidence, a suspect in custody must prove there was actual coercion by the police when they obtained the initial statement. This Note will discuss the Elstad decision and the impact it will have on criminal procedure.