Is a jury permitted the improper use by the jury of a statement obtained from a police community support officer during questioning?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brown, 10 Cal.App.3d 169, 88 Cal.Rptr. 801 (Cal. App. 1970):
3. Appellant's rights under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the United States Constitution, made applicable to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment, were violated, because the trial court permitted the improper use by the jury of a statement obtained in violation of the rule of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694.
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