Great American Court Cases | Berkemer v. McCarty

Legal Citation: 468 U.S. 420 (1984)

Petitioner
Harry J. Berkemer, Sheriff of Franklin Country, Ohio

Respondent
Richard N. McCarty

Petitioner's Claim
That police officers need not provide Miranda warnings prior to misdemeanor interrogations either at roadside traffic stops, in a patrol car, or at a police station and that McCarty's statements made during questioning at the police station should be admissible.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Alan C. Travis

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
R. William Meeks

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger, Thurgood Marshall (writing for the Court), Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

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