Legal Opinion
United States v. Jesse Fitzgerald, United States of America v. Duwayne Romenesko and Evelyn Romenesko
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 7, 1976No. 75-1467, 76-1057PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
These cases present the question of whether statements taken by Internal Revenue Service agents from a person suspected of criminal violations of the tax laws, without the full set of warnings that Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), requires the police to give a defendant in custody, are inadmissible at trial simply because of that fact. We hold that they are not and therefore reverse the orders of both district courts.
In the Spring of 1971 Jesse Fitzgerald was civilly audited and turned his books and records over to the Government…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Linkletter v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Bradley v. School Bd. of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Thorpe v. Housing Authority of DurhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Beckwith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by33 opinions
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