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Taxpayer Rights In Noncustodial Irs Investigations After Beckwith V. United States, Curtis L. Christensen
Taxpayer Rights In Noncustodial Irs Investigations After Beckwith V. United States, Curtis L. Christensen
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
The recent Supreme Court decision in Beckwith v. United States, holding that Miranda does not extend to noncustodial tax investigations, has important implications with respect to the News Release doctrine and the involuntary consent grounds considered in motions to suppress evidence. This article will examine Beckwith and its potential significance with respect to these other doctrines, discussing the factors which the IRS and the courts should consider in order to assure fair treatment of taxpayers during investigations.
Interrogation And The Sixth Amendment: The Case For Restriction Of Capacity To Waive The Right To Counsel, Patrick S. Brady
Interrogation And The Sixth Amendment: The Case For Restriction Of Capacity To Waive The Right To Counsel, Patrick S. Brady
Indiana Law Journal
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Potentiality Of Incarceration: A Proposed Standard For The Applicability Of Miranda To Nonfelony Offenses, Mark J. Roberts
Potentiality Of Incarceration: A Proposed Standard For The Applicability Of Miranda To Nonfelony Offenses, Mark J. Roberts
Indiana Law Journal
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Foreword: Brewer V. Williams--A Hard Look At A Discomfiting Record, Yale Kamisar
Foreword: Brewer V. Williams--A Hard Look At A Discomfiting Record, Yale Kamisar
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In recent decades, few matters have split the Supreme Court, troubled the legal profession, and agitated the public as much as the police interrogation-confession cases. The recent case of Brewer v. Williams3 is as provocative as any, because the Supreme Court there revdrsed the defendant's conviction for the "savage murder of a small child" even though no Justice denied his guilt,4 he was warned of his rights no fewer than five times, 5 and any "interrogation" that might have occurred seemed quite mild.6