The conviction was upheld by Michigan state courts and a federal district court, but was overturned by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals . The Supreme Court disagreed and subsequently reinstated the conviction. In the case, designated Berghuis v. Thompkins, the high court's conservative majority observed that since he was already informed of his rights, the defendant waived those rights when he voluntarily made an incriminating statement during interrogation. The majority opinion was written by Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy , joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito . The court's decision continues a recent trend of siding with the police and restricting the rights of criminal suspects. In her dissenting opinion, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that the decision is a step back from protections against forced self incrimination as provided for in the landmark 1966 case Miranda v. Arizona. She was joined by the court's other three liberal associate justices: John Paul Stevens, Steven Breyer , and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The conviction was upheld by Michigan state courts and a federal district court, but was overturned by the . The Supreme Court disagreed and subsequently reinstated the conviction. In the case, designated Berghuis v. Thompkins, the high court's conservative majority observed that since he was already informed of his rights, the defendant waived those rights when he voluntarily made an incriminating statement during interrogation. The majority opinion was written by Associate Justice , joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and . The court's decision continues a recent trend of siding with the police and restricting the rights of criminal suspects. In her dissenting opinion, Associate Justice wrote that the decision is a step back from protections against forced self incrimination as provided for in the landmark 1966 case . She was joined by the court's other three liberal associate justices: John Paul Stevens, , and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
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Anthony Kennedy
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Samuel Alito
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Sonia Sotomayor
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Miranda v. Arizona.
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Steven Breyer