Legal Opinion
First Defense Legal Aid v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 19, 2003No. 02-3376, 02-3389PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
According to Moran v. Burbine, 475 U.S. 412, 106 S.Ct. 1135, 89 L.Ed.2d 410 (1986), a suspect in police custody does not have a constitutional right to be notified that his attorney is at the station-house. The Constitution permits the suspect to request counsel and stop the interrogation but does not require notice about the lawyer’s whereabouts. Chicago applies to cooperating witnesses the approach sustained in Moran for custodial interrogation: Witnesses are not notified of attorneys’ presence and undergo interrogation without legal advice unless they request…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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