U.S. Supreme Court
Mar. 25, 2011
High Court Torn Over Miranda Warnings
The conservative wing of the U.S. Supreme Court wrestled with the liberal wing Wednesday over whether an interrogator should consider a suspect's age before giving a Miranda warning.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - The question of whether an interrogator should consider a suspect's age before giving a Miranda warning cleaved the U.S. Supreme Court into two clear ideological camps during a feisty oral argument Wednesday.
The level of hostility that the conservative justices expressed over the issue seemed roughly equal to the liberals' support for it. Moderate Republican Justice Anthony M. ...
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