For this week’s discussion, we will pretend you are a judge. Based upon the cases you read (and cite at least 3 to explain why) write a short “opinion” on the attached facts.
“Jason Madoa, a 19-year-old college student, was arrested by the Metro City Police Department on suspicion of armed robbery. After being taken into custody, Doe was brought to the police station for questioning.
Upon arriving at the station, the police informed Madoa that he had the right to an attorney at his upcoming trial, but did not advise him of his right to have counsel present during interrogation.
When Madoa asked the officers, “Can I have an attorney here with me now?”, the police refused to answer his question. They immediately placed Doe in an isolated interrogation room.
The officers then utilized the “Reid Technique,” aggressively interrogating Madoa while refusing to allow him access to a phone or permit an attorney to be present. The officers relentlessly questioned Doe over an extended 5-hour period, asserting that witnesses identified him and urging him to confess with implications of leniency.
After nearly 5 grueling hours of this intense interrogation, an exhausted Madoa verbally agreed to confess to the robbery, implicating himself. Only at this point did the officers finally read Doe his Miranda rights against self-incrimination and right to counsel. They then had him sign a written confession statement.
At Madoa’s trial, his public defender moved to suppress the confession as violating his 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination and 6th Amendment right to counsel”
The 3 cases from this week and the links as follows…
Escobedo v Illinois (1964). https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/378/478/
Miranda v. Arizona (1966). https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/384/436/
Edward v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477 (1981). https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/451/477/
