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Task: Miranda and Reasonable Suspicion Based Stops

Berkemer v. McCarty, 468 U.S. 420 (1984).

A police officer is not required to give Miranda warnings for

questioning that takes place during a traffic stop or questioning that
takes place during a reasonable suspicion based stop justified by

Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968).

• These type of stops are presumptively brief

• These type of stops occur in public

• These type of stops do not involve the police dominated atmosphere

that Miranda is intended to overcome

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