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Finger of Suspicion. Criswell was in for another surprise. Because he had not suspected Bruce, he had not warned him of his rights to silence and counsel under the U.S. Supreme Court's Miranda decision. As a result, after one day of a nonjury trial last week, Judge Merle Lansden reluctantly barred the boy's confession and found him not guilty. "Before a confession is to be accepted when a person is in custody or his freedom of action is limited in any significant manner, he must be warned," said the judge. Mention of "the words lie detector" indicated "that...
...interpretation of the juvenile's rights. "It's the worst miscarriage of justice I've ever seen," said the angry prosecutor. "The boy hadn't even been arrested. And his father was there. This is ridiculous. It means we have open season on mothers up here." If Judge Lansden's barring of the confession is overruled, it will hardly make any difference to Bruce, who has been committed to a state mental hospital by his father. Criswell, however, says that if he wins the appeal, he may retry the boy, this time on an arson charge...
Twenty four courts have already gotten their assignments. Docket number 25 is the Austin Club (Webber, Dexter) versus the Chafee Club (Brennan, Lansden). Meeting at Austin Hall East with K. D. McCracken 3L as chief justice...
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