July 5, 2009

Police can now question defendant even if counsel assigned

Police can now question defendant even if counsel assigned. Michigan v. Jackson is overruled, which had forbid police from initiating interrogation of a criminal defendant who has invoked his right to counsel at arraignment. Montejo v Jackson __ S. Ct. ____ Decided May 26, 2009 Docket No. 07–1529

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