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Task: Police Questioning of In-Custody Suspects

Missouri v. Seibert, 542 U.S. 600 (2004).

A Mirandized statement that is taken after officers have already

questioned the suspect pre-Miranda on the same crime and as a

two-step process to undermine Miranda is not valid and will not be

admitted in the prosecution’s case.

A police tactic of getting the suspect to “let the cat out of the bag”

pre-Miranda invalidates subsequent Mirandized statements.

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