Dec 07 2009
Supreme Court to hear case on Tampa police’s use of Miranda warning
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether the Tampa Police Department’s use of the Miranda warning was clear.
BY JOHN FRANK
Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau
Inside a small interview room at the Tampa Police Department in August 2004, an officer read Kevin Dewayne Powell his rights.
Among them: “You have the right to talk to a lawyer before answering any of our questions. You have the right to use any of these rights at any time you want during this interview.”
