Legal Opinion
United States v. Edwards
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 14, 2009No. 08-1124PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendant was convicted by a jury of distributing 5 grams or more of crack and was sentenced to 108 months in prison. His appeal raises several issues.
After being arrested and jailed, he was given the Miranda warnings, and after agreeing to waive his Miranda rights was questioned for a quarter of an hour or so and then returned to his cell. Thirty to forty minutes after the waiver — which is to say roughly fifteen to twenty-five minutes after completion of the questioning — he was returned to the interview room for further questioning by another agent. Before…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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- Old Chief v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Wyrick v. FieldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Lambert v. BlackwellCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2004
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3Cited by41 opinions
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