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Legal Citation: 496 U.S. 292 (1990)

Petitioner
State of Illinois

Respondent
Lloyd Perkins

Petitioner's Claim
That Perkins's jailhouse admission of murder to an undercover agent should be admissible, even though Perkins did not receive Miranda warnings before the questioning.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Marcia L. Friedl

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Dan W. Evers

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Anthony M. Kennedy (writing for the Court), Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Thurgood Marshall

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
4 June 1990

Decision
An undercover law enforcement officer posing as a fellow inmate need not give Miranda warnings to...