The Supreme Court will rule on a controversial police tactic that defense lawyers claim is intended to get around the protections of the federal Miranda rule. Under the practice, police interrogators question criminal suspects informally, without warning of the right to remain silent, seeking to get a confession. Then they give the warning and ask the suspects to repeat the statements made before the warning was given.
- A decision for the police could encourage the spread of the interrogation practice and potentially narrow the protections of Miranda.
- A decision against the police would discourage the use of this practice, since courts would throw out any statements obtained using the controversial procedure.