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Michigan v. Jackson, 475 U.S. 625 (1986)
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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.
Michigan v. Jackson, 475 U.S. 625 (1986)
Michigan v. Jackson No. 84-1531 Argued December 9, 1985 Decided April 1, 1986 475 U.S. 625 * [U.S. Reports citation not yet available]
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Respondents, at separate arraignments in a Michigan trial court on unrelated murder charges, each requested appointment of counsel. But before respondents had an opportunity to consult with counsel, police officers, after advising respondents of their Miranda rights, questioned them and obtained confessions. Both respondents were convicted over objections to the admission of the confessions in evidence. The Michigan Court of Appeals reversed and remanded in one case, but affirmed in the other. The Michigan Supreme Court considered both cases together, and held that the confessions were improperly obtained in violation of the Sixth Amendment.
Held: The confessions should have been suppressed. Although the rule of Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477, that once a suspect has invoked his right to counsel, police may not initiate interrogation until counsel has been made available to the suspect, rested on the Fifth Amendment and concerned a request for counsel made during custodial interrogation, the reasoning of that case applies with even greater force to these cases. The assertion of the right to counsel is no less significant, and the need for additional safeguards no less clear, when that assertion is made at an arraignment and when the basis for it is the Sixth Amendment. If police initiate an interrogation after a defendant’s assertion of his right to counsel at an arraignment or similar proceeding, as in these cases, any waiver of that right for that police-initiated interrogation is invalid. Pp. 629-635.
421 Mich. 39, 365 N.W.2d 56, affirmed.
STEVENS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which BRENNAN, WHITE, MARSHALL, and BLACKMUN, JJ., joined. BURGER, C.J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, post, p. 636. REHNQUIST, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which POWELL and O’CONNOR, JJ., joined, post, p. 637.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Michigan v. Jackson, 475 U.S. 625 (1986) in 475 U.S. 625 475 U.S. 626. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UEP7Q7XEGR5PEAI.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Michigan v. Jackson, 475 U.S. 625 (1986), in 475 U.S. 625, page 475 U.S. 626. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UEP7Q7XEGR5PEAI.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Michigan v. Jackson, 475 U.S. 625 (1986). cited in 1986, 475 U.S. 625, pp.475 U.S. 626. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UEP7Q7XEGR5PEAI.
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