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Pennsylvania v. Bruder, 488 U.S. 9 (1988)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Pennsylvania v. Bruder, 488 U.S. 9 (1988)
Pennsylvania v. Bruder No. 88-161 Decided October 31, 1988 488 U.S. 9
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPERIOR
COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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After his vehicle was stopped by a police officer, respondent Bruder took field sobriety tests and, in answer to questions, stated that he had been drinking. He failed the tests, and was then arrested and given Miranda warnings. At his trial, his statements and conduct before arrest were admitted into evidence, and he was convicted of driving while under the influence of alcohol. The Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the conviction on the ground that the statements that Bruder uttered during the roadside questioning were elicited through custodial interrogation, and should have been suppressed for lack of Miranda warnings.
Held: Bruder was not entitled to a recitation of his constitutional rights prior to arrest, and his roadside responses to questioning were admissible. The rule of Berkemer v. McCarty, 468 U.S. 420 -- that ordinary traffic stops do not involve custody for the purposes of Miranda -- governs this case. Although unquestionably a seizure, this stop had the same noncoercive aspects as the Berkemer detention: a single police officer asking Bruder a modest number of questions and requesting him to perform simple tests in a location visible to passing motorists.
Certiorari granted; 365 Pa.Super. 106, 528 A.2d 1385, reversed.
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MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Pennsylvania v. Bruder, 488 U.S. 9 (1988), in 488 U.S. 9, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KTQ4F6221ZYJTTX.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Pennsylvania v. Bruder, 488 U.S. 9 (1988). cited in 1988, 488 U.S. 9. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=KTQ4F6221ZYJTTX.
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