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Police can question defendant after lawyer appointed (access required)

Published: May 26, 2009

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A criminal defendant who waived his Miranda rights and then was given a lawyer can be questioned, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a 5-4 decision overruling a 1986 case. The defendant was arrested in connection with a murder. He waived his Miranda rights and was questioned at the police station. Three days later he was ...
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