Alvarado v. State

While I agree that absent a showing of agency, foreign authorities do not have to inform a United States citizen of his constitutional rights prior to any questioning as required by Miranda,11 dissent to the majority’s conclusion that an agency relationship did not exist in this case.

The majority concludes that an agency relationship did not exist between the El Paso Police and the State Judicial Police of Chihuahua, Mexico because the El Paso Police did not participate in appellant’s arrest or interrogation, and because the Court of Appeals determined that the Chihuahua State Police had an…