Supreme Court of the United States
Montejo v. Louisiana
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- Type
- Opinion of the Court
- Filed
- May 26, 2009
- Case
- Montejo v. Louisiana
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court. We consider in this case the scope and continued viability of the rule announced by this Court in Michigan v. Jackson, 475 U. S. 625 (1986), forbidding police to initiate interroga*781tion of a criminal defendant once he has requested counsel at an arraignment or similar proceeding.…
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