Police interrogations are inherently coercive. If officers interrogate a suspect in custody without administering Miranda warnings, or continue questioning after an unambiguous invocation of counsel, statements must be suppressed under the Fifth Amendment.
1. Custodial Interrogation Legal Criteria
🛡️ Miranda Suppression Criteria
Custodial Environment (Reasonable person would feel not free to leave)
+ Active Police Questioning (Words or actions reasonably likely to elicit incrimination)
- Absence of Valid Voluntary Waiver
= Inadmissible in Prosecution's Case-in-Chief