Fields was told he was free to leave the conference room during the interrogation that lasted between five and seven hours, but he was not given a Miranda warning.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against a Michigan inmate who contended he should have received a Miranda warning before being interrogated in a prison conference room about sexual conduct with a 12-year-old boy.
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Fields was told he was free to leave the conference room during the interrogation that lasted between five and seven hours, but he was not given a Miranda warning.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against a Michigan inmate who contended he should have received a Miranda warning before being interrogated in a prison conference room about sexual conduct with a 12-year-old boy, reports the ADA Journal .
The court ruled 6-3 against inmate Randall Lee Fields, who confessed to molestation while incarcerated on a disorderly misconduct charge. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Stephen G. Breyer voted in dissent.