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Miranda Violation Leads to Reversal

Loaded on May 15, 2010

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Self Incrimination, Evidence. Location: Washington.

In an initially unpublished opinion filed on August 25, 2009, a Washington appellate court reversed a district court ruling allowing into evidence an incriminating response on a medical questionnaire performed by jail personnel during the booking process. The case involved Virginia Lynn Denney, who was arrested on June 18, 2007 ...

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