The Missouri Supreme Court considered last week whether to dismiss a Newton County man’s drunken driving conviction because the arresting officer did not provide a Miranda warning after placing him in handcuffs. In September 2006, a member of the Missouri ...

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Where FBI agents repeatedly told a defendant that he was free to leave an interview and that his answering of questions was voluntary and the agents did not restrict the defendant’s ability to leave the FBI break room where the ...

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Miranda; custodial statements 08-1549 United States of America, Appellee, v. Reginald L. McGlothen, Appellant Appeal From: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri Submitted: Dec. 11, 2008 Filed: Feb. 13, 2009 Before: Judges Loken, Beam and Kyle(FN1) Opinion ...

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Where officers who were executing a search warrant on defendant’s home presented him with a gun but did not directly question him about the gun, the defendant was not being interrogated despite his claim that the officers’ actions were reasonably ...

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