POLS 4720 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Miranda Warning, David Souter, Cerebral Palsy
28 Mar 2018
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Seibert feared charges of neglect when her son, afflicted with cerebral palsy, died in his sleep. She was present when two of her sons and their friends discussed burning her fa(cid:373)ily"s mobile home to conceal the circumstances of her so(cid:374)"s death. Donald, an unrelated mentally ill 18-year-old living with the family, was left to die in the fire, in order to avoid the appearance that seibert"s son had been unattended. Five days later, the police arrested seibert, but did not read her her rights. At the police station, officer hanrahan questioned her for. 30 to 40 minutes, obtaining a confession that the plan was for donald to die in the fire. He then gave her a 20-minute break, returned to give her miranda warnings, and obtained a signed waiver. He resumed questioning, confronting seibert with her pre- warning statements and getting her to repeat the information. Seibert moved to suppress both her pre-warning and post-warning statements.
