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Task: Questioning of In-Custody Suspects-The Warnings

Powell v. Florida, 130 S.Ct. 1195 (2010).

In determining whether police officers adequately conveyed the four

warnings, reviewing courts are not required to examine the words

employed as if construing a will or defining the terms of an easement.

Thus, the words do not need to be exact:

The inquiry is simply whether the warnings reasonably convey to a

suspect his rights as required by Miranda. If so, the requirements are

met and his or her statements following such a warning are admissible.

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