“Deception or Coercion? California Supreme Court Grants Review in Jailhouse Confession Case”

Cheryl Miller reports in The Recorder about the Supreme Court’s decision last week to hear People v. Allen, one issue being, as summarized by court staff (see here), “If a defendant has invoked his right to remain silent while being interrogated by a law enforcement officer, are incriminating statements obtained through a subsequent Perkins operation (i.e., the use of an undercover agent to question a jailed defendant) admissible as substantive proof of the defendant’s guilt at trial? (See Illinois v. Perkins (1990) 496 U.S. 292; Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 384 U.S. 436.)” The article cites At The Lectern.