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Definition of Miranda rule
1. Noun. The rule that police (when interrogating you after an arrest) are obliged to warn you that anything you say may be used as evidence and to read you your constitutional rights (the right to a lawyer and the right to remain silent until advised by a lawyer).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Miranda Rule
Literary usage of Miranda rule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jury And The Search For Truth: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary edited by Orrin G. Hatch (1998)
"I am wondering if we are not out to fix something that needn't be fixed, like
the Miranda rule. When it came down, I was a prosecutor. ..."
2. State And Local Law Enforcement Training Catalog (1991)
"In this regard, a thorough discussion of the Miranda rule and the resultant use
of confessions and admissions as competent evidence for prosecution and ..."
3. Model Procedures for Police Interrogation by Gerald M. Caplan (1990)
"... posing a threat to the public safety outweighs the need for the [Miranda] Rule
protecting the Fifth Amendment's privilege against self-incrimination. ..."
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