Legal Opinion
Howes v. Fields
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 21, 2012No. 10-680PublishedCited by 565 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Alito
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that our precedents clearly establish that a prisoner is in custody within the meaning of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436 (1966), if the prisoner is taken aside and questioned about events that occurred outside the prison walls. Our decisions, however, do not clearly establish such a rule, and therefore the Court of Appeals erred in holding that this rule provides a permissible basis for federal habeas relief under the relevant provision of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), 28 U. S. C. §…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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