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Running Head: STOP AND FRISK
Stop and Frisk and Pretrial Identification
Charlie Turner
CRJ 103 – Criminal Procedure
Professor Lashunda Stateson
October 28, 2023
Harris v. New York Case Briefing Citation: 401 US 222 (1971)
Facts
Petitioner Harris on two occasions sold heroin to an undercover law enforcement officer,
but in his own defense, he denied the offense and indicated that the bags sold to the
undercover law enforcement officer contained baking power and not heroin.
While being
cross-examined, contradicting statements the Petitioner made to law enforcement officers
was used prior to his arrest.
Harris made contradictory statements before he was read his
Miranda rights.
Issue
Was the prosecution allowed to improperly use the statements made by Harris to impeach
his testimony since these statements were made without Miranda rights being read before
his arrest?
Court Decision
The Supreme Court of the United States ruling indicated that the statements that the
Petitioner made to law enforcement officer under circumstances of him not being read his
Marinda rights was inadmissible in Court.
Even though Petitioner Harris was charged
with selling undercover law enforcement officers’ heroin on multiple occasions and took
the stand in his defense.
When being cross-examined, he was asked about specified
statements made to law enforcement officers shortly after his arrest that somewhat
disclaimed his testimony directly during his trial.
Holding
In this case, The United States Supreme Court held that statements made by Petitioner
Harris to law enforcement officers under circumstances rendered inadmissible for
establishing the case of the prosecution in chief under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U. S. 436
(1966), that can be used for impeaching his credibility if legal standards satisfies
trustworthiness.
Even though Petitioner Harris was charged with selling undercover law
enforcement officers’ heroin on multiple occasions.
The Court held that the statements were inadmissible because Petitioner Harris, because
of the lack of Maranda rights does not prevent evidence admission for all purposes if
other legal admissions are satisfied by the admission.
The Court determined that
Petitioner Harris should be prohibited from committing perjury, and if impeachment
evidence were available and admissible for such a purpose, then the Miranda warning
should not prevent it (casebriefs.com, n. d.).
Case Significance
The Harris v. New York case was significant because it established that the statements
that Petitioner Harris made to law enforcement officers were rendered inadmissible in
Court because the negligence of law enforcement officers reading the Petitioner his
Maranda rights.
The Maranda rights are viewed as a set of instructions provided to an
individual being taken into custody for suspicion of committing a criminal act, prior to
being questioned by law enforcement.
Listed are the following rights included in the
Maranda warning.
You have the right to remain silent.
Anything you say or do can be used against you in the Court of law.
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You have the right to an attorney.
If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you.
The purpose of the Miranda warning is to provide protection from self-incrimination
under the Fifth Amendment, not being arrested.
The individual being arrested are
responsible for answering questions, for instance, their name, age, address, etc., and to
provide law enforcement officers with protection, they can be searched as well
(mirandawarning.org, n. d.).
References
Harris v. New York.
(n. d.).
Retrieved from
https://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/evidence/evidence-keyed-to-mueller/impeachment-
of-witnesses/harris-v-new-york
.
What are your Miranda rights?
(n. d.).
Retrieved from
www.mirandawarning.org/whatareyourmirandarights.html
.