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State court of last resort · ST-VA-SC
Poulson v. Commonwealth
No. 240081Supreme Court of Virginia
240081 Poulson v. Commonwealth 04/10/2025 The arguments of a driving-under-the-influence defendant that he should have been given Miranda warnings during events transpiring within the curtilage of his home, an…
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240081 Poulson v. Commonwealth 04/10/2025 The arguments of a driving-under-the-influence defendant that he should have been given…
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240081 Poulson v. Commonwealth 04/10/2025 The arguments of a driving-under-the-influence defendant that he should have been given Miranda warnings during events transpiring within the curtilage of his home, and that officers should have obtained a warrant before he was arrested on that curtilage, are rejected. Miranda warnings were not required, as those safeguards are afforded to a suspect as soon as the police have restricted his freedom of action to a degree associated with formal arrest, and the Fourth Amendment does not proscribe voluntary cooperation. It is also concluded, in accord with the overwhelming weight of authority, that when the officers are lawfully present in the home or o…
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