Can an Incriminating Statement Be Admissible if the Police Earlier Questioned the Defendant Improperly?
Maryland v. Blake Docket No. 04-373 From: The Court of Appeals of Maryland Case at a Glance The state of Maryland seeks review of a pretrial ruling suppressing a murder defendant=s statements to police as having been obtained in violation of Miranda v. Arizona and Edwards v. Arizona. The Maryland court held that the police had unconstitutionally reinitiated questioning of a suspect who had asserted his Miranda right to counsel, and that a later interrogation following the suspect’s request was tainted by that earlier improper state action. • Previewed by Alan Raphael, an associate professor of law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law in Chicago, Illinois.
