RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) -- A federal appeals court has ruled that despite the Supreme Court's landmark 1966 Miranda decision, prosecutors can use a confession from a suspect who opens his mouth before he has been read his rights.
In a 2-1 ruling Monday, a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a 1968 federal law on voluntary confessions takes precedence over the Miranda ruling in federal cases.