Crim Pro Survey Police Interrogation Brown v. Mississippi • Facts? (3rd 549-550) Brown v. Mississippi • Issue? (3rd 549) Brown v. Mississippi • Application? (3rd 550) Brown v. Mississippi • Conclusion? (3rd 550) According to Michael J. Klarman, Brown v. Mississippi (1936) was linked to Powell v. Alabama (1932), both evidence of Criminal Procedure’s southern origins. • When is a confession involuntary? (3rd 551) Arizona v. Fulminante • Facts? (3rd 552-53) Arizona v. Fulminante • Issue? (3rd 553) Arizona v. Fulminante • Analysis: is actual violence required to show that a confession has been coerced? (3rd 554) • If not, what is required? Arizona v. Fulminante • What threat of violence did Fulminante face? (3rd 554) Arizona v. Fulminante • Conclusion? (3rd 554) Spano v. New York • Facts? (3rd 555-57) Spano v. New York • Issue? (3rd 555) Spano v. New York • Analysis: why does the Court review Spano’s background? (3rd 558) • Relevant? Spano v. New York • Does the Court consider the duration of the interrogation? (3rd 558) • Why? Spano v. New York • Does the Court consider Bruno’s deception? (3rd 558) • Why? Spano v. New York • Conclusion? (3rd 559) Colorado v. Connelly • Facts? (3rd 560) Colorado v. Connelly • Issue? (3rd 560) Colorado v. Connelly • Analysis: what are Connelly’s medical conditions? (3rd 561) Colorado v. Connelly • Why does the Court cite Brown v. Mississippi? (3rd 561) Colorado v. Connelly • Can a defendant’s mental condition “dispose of the inquiry” into whether the confession was voluntary? (3rd 562) Colorado v. Connelly • Conclusion? (3rd 563) Miranda v. Arizona • Facts? (3rd 567) Miranda v. Arizona • Issue? (3rd 568, 571) Miranda v. Arizona • Analysis: how does the warning work? (3rd 568) Miranda v. Arizona • How had police procured confessions before? (3rd 569) • What is the 3rd degree? Miranda v. Arizona • How does the Court address mental, as opposed to physical, coercion? (3rd 569, 570) Miranda v. Arizona • What is the significance of custody? (3rd 572) Miranda v. Arizona • What is the warning? (3rd 573) Miranda v. Arizona • Conclusion? (3rd 576) Miranda v. Arizona • Why doesn’t society’s need for interrogation outweigh the privilege? (3rd 568) Dickerson v. United States • Facts? (3rd 581) Dickerson v. United States • Issue? (3rd 581, 582) Dickerson v. United States • Analysis: what is the Court’s take on Congress? (3rd 582) Dickerson v. United States • Why does the Court insist on the rule, not a totality of the circumstances test? (3rd 583) Dickerson v. United States • What is the argument about Miranda’s role in “our national culture”? (3rd 583) Dickerson v. United States • Conclusion? (3rd 583) Dickerson v. United States • According to the dissent, this is a “radical revision of the most significant element of Miranda” (3rd 581) • How so? • When is a person in custody? (3rd 588) Oregon v. Mathiason • Facts? (3rd 589) Oregon v. Mathiason • Issue? (3rd 590) Oregon v. Mathiason • Analysis: what does the Court mean by “custodial interrogation”? (3rd 590) • Was Mathiason in custody? Oregon v. Mathiason • Analysis: what does the Court mean by “custodial interrogation”? (3rd 590) • Was Mathiason in custody? Oregon v. Mathiason • If an individual is not in custody, must they be Mirandized? (3rd 590) • Does this coincide with Mendenhall? Oregon v. Mathiason • Conclusion? (3rd 590) JDB v. North Carolina • Facts? (3rd 592) JDB v. North Carolina • Issue? (3rd 592) JDB v. North Carolina • Analysis: how does the Court address the “pressures” of custodial police interrogation? (3rd 594) • Worse for children? JDB v. North Carolina • How does the child’s age affect their perception of whether they are free to leave? (3rd 594) JDB v. North Carolina • Conclusion? (3rd 594)
