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The police begin to question her about what she saw. Because they're questioning her as a witness and have not restrained her movement in any way, they're not required to give her Miranda warnings. However, during the questioning, Melody mentions a detail that the police don't believe she could have known without being involved in the fire. They then arrest her on suspicion of arson and inform her of her Miranda rights.

The police can use as evidence anything she said before they gave her the Miranda warning and anything she chose to say after. To invoke your Miranda rights even the right to remain silent , you must say something to police that indicates you are choosing to remain silent and want the interrogation to end or that you want an attorney.

Staying quiet in the face of the questioning is not enough to invoke Miranda or to make the interrogation stop. Conversely, if a person answers questions after being given Miranda warnings, courts consider the person to have knowingly waived his or her Miranda rights. Invoking Miranda rights isn't a one-time deal. A person may invoke Miranda rights at any time during the interrogation, even after answering some questions. Upon invoking Miranda , the interrogation must end.

Let's say the police arrested Joe on suspicion of burglary and read him his Miranda rights. Joe continues to answer questions about an associate, Charlie. After thirty minutes of questioning, Joe realizes that he might be incriminating himself, along with Charlie, so he asks for an attorney. The interrogation must stop until Joe has consulted with an attorney. Voluntary statements made after an arrest but before questioning and giving Miranda warnings are still admissible as evidence.

If the police arrest Charlie on suspicion of burglary and while transporting him to the station for questioning he shouts out, "Joe has my burglary tools! Once questioning begins, if the police fail to advise a person of their Miranda rights, the person's statements cannot be used at trial.

Failure to give a Miranda warning doesn't mean all charges will be dropped. Instead, the prosecution cannot use evidence obtained in violation of the Miranda rule at trial to prove the person's guilt. The statements, however, can be used to contradict testimony given by the defendant at trial and sometimes at sentencing. The court held that his non-verbal conduct was admissible as evidence of his guilt, since the police had not arrested him yet.

The specific warnings that police must give are listed by the court in the Miranda opinion at U. This refers to the right to silence , or right against self-incrimination, found in the Fifth Amendment. Statements made by a defendant outside of court, such as during a police interrogation, are not considered hearsay and are therefore admissible in court as evidence of guilt. A suspect has the right to an attorney of his or her choice during a police interrogation.

Indigent suspects may be entitled to representation, at no expense to them, by a public defender or court-appointed attorney. Courts have generally held that a suspect must clearly invoke his or her Miranda rights in order to stop a police interrogation.

The Supreme Court has held, for example, that statements made by a suspect after the reading of the Miranda rights are admissible in court if the suspect does not expressly state that he or she is exercising those rights. Berghuis v. Thompkins , U. An individual uncertain about talking to a police officer can delay the interview by invoking their Miranda rights and suggesting that they may talk another time.

They will then have a chance to speak to a lawyer or otherwise investigate their rights before talking to the police officer.

Their initial refusal to speak will not be used as evidence at trial. New York v. Quarles , U. In the Quarles case, an officer discovered an empty gun holster after placing the suspect in handcuffs. The officer asked the suspect about the location of the gun, and the court held that his responses were admissible at trial. More recently, the public safety exception has featured prominently in terrorism investigations , including the arrest and interrogation of the Boston bombing suspect in Last reviewed October Criminal Law Contents.

Miranda v. Arizona Miranda warnings are only necessary when a suspect is both in custody and about to be interrogated. Criminal Law. Aggravating and Mitigating Factors in Criminal Sentencing.

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