“Am I being detained, or am I free to go?”
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Good advice, but the SCOTUS is ruling that the discovery of the warrant meant he was no longer free to go. Although, they apparently agree that there wasn’t enough cause for a temporary detention.
And that was after the perp provided his information. Had he remained silent, completely his right to do, the officers wouldn’t have discovered his identity. Or did I misread this?
As a general principle, since the Rehnquist court, the Supreme Court has rolled back a lot of the damage that the Warren court did regarding criminal procedure. Earl Warren and his gang unleashed a wave of crime across America that took decades to correct. It may not seem so to the non-trained lawyer, but the days of getting off free on technicalities are mostly gone.