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Miranda V. Arizona: The Emerging Pattern, Evelyn G. Skaltsounis
Miranda V. Arizona: The Emerging Pattern, Evelyn G. Skaltsounis
University of Richmond Law Review
In Miranda v. Arizona, the United States Supreme Court set forth a series of specific guidelines to determine the admissibility at trial of statements elicited during police interrogation of a criminal suspect. Since 1971, the Burger Court has whittled away at the mandates of Miranda. It is possible that one major factor underlies this erosion process: the very frustrating reality that, in many situations, an obviously guilty party is allowed to go free because "the constable has blundered."