By 1980 Chief Justice Burger changed his mind about overruling Miranda, for the following reasons, EXCEPT
A. Concern that overruling Miranda would tacitly condoning abusive police tactics
B. A desire to maintaining the symbol of the Court as a guarantor of individual liberties
C. A realization that Miranda did not stop police from obtaining confessions
D. A realization that Miranda generated an unacceptable number of false confessions
Unlike inquisitorial trials in which the dossier is central, common law trials are based primarily on ___________________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Which of the following is NOT considered a part of an expert witness report?
A) Background B) Materials not available for review
C) Description of the facts D) Findings
Following Miranda the Supreme Court applied otr inferred the due process voluntariness rule in cases involving the following facts, EXCEPT
A. Questioning a drugged suspect in critical condition in an intensive care unit
B. Threatening to deprive a mother on welfare of her children
C. Threatening a suspect to give up the truth or he will be charged and locked up
D. Implying that fellow prisoners would be told that an inmate molested his stepdaughter
Justice White, dissenting in Miranda v. Arizona (1966 ), stated that
A. The rule against coerced confessions was grounded in the privilege against self-incrimination
B. The factual basis for the majority decision were transcripts of the cases consolidated in the
Miranda ruling
C. The Miranda warnings were logically inconsistent with the notion that custodial interrogation
was inherently coercive
D. The Miranda ruling would not increase or decrease the number of convictions
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