Court Backs Police In Dwi Case// Suspects Needn’t Be Told Of Rights Before Videotaping
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The police need not warn suspected drunken drivers of their rights before videotaping their responses to seven routine questions, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. With only Justice Thurgood Marshall dissenting, the justices concluded in Pennsylvania vs. Inocencio Muniz that Muniz’s answers to questions calling for his name, address, height, weight, eye color, date of birth and age “are not rendered inadmissible… merely because the slurred nature of his speech Source : nl.newsbank.com |