Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/13/1997

Commonwealth v. Rivera

Citations

424 Mass. 266
675 N.E.2d 791
1997 Mass. LEXIS 46

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no violation three and one-half hours after invocation, fresh Miranda warnings given, and defendant never questioned by booking officer in first interview
“The failure of the authorities to conduct certain tests is a permissible ground on which to build a defense”
witnesses’ insistence on presence of representative of district attorney’s office well within their rights to impose reasonable conditions on the interviews
even if defendant invoked rights during booking process, in totality of circumstances, defendant waived fresh set of Miranda rights three and one-half hours later
no Mosley violation where interval was three and one-half hours

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Judges: Abrams

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