New York v. Quarles

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Miranda doctrine case United States Supreme Court case criminal procedure case

New York v. Quarles is a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court decision that created the "public safety" exception to the Miranda warning requirement, allowing certain unwarned statements to be admitted when needed to protect public safety.

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New York v. Quarles canonical	2
The Court recognized a public safety exception to the requirement that Miranda warnings be given before custodial interrogation.	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Miranda doctrine case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ criminal procedure case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional criminal procedure ⓘ self-incrimination ⓘ
arguedDate	1983-10-05 ⓘ
citation	467 U.S. 649 ⓘ
concurrenceBy	Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1984-06-12 ⓘ
decisionType	majority opinion with concurrence and dissent ⓘ
dissentBy	Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ John Paul Stevens ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
factsSummary	NYPD Police Officer ⓘ surface form: Police officers in Queens, New York, pursued and arrested Benjamin Quarles in a supermarket and questioned him about the location of a gun before giving Miranda warnings.
fullName	New York v. Quarles self-link ⓘ
holding	Statements obtained without Miranda warnings are admissible when police questioning is reasonably prompted by a concern for public safety. ⓘ New York v. Quarles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Court recognized a public safety exception to the requirement that Miranda warnings be given before custodial interrogation.
impact	limited the exclusionary rule for unwarned statements in emergency situations ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
keyPhrase	public safety exception ⓘ
legalIssue	admissibility of unwarned statements ⓘ public safety exception to Miranda ⓘ scope of Miranda warnings ⓘ
majorityJoiner	Byron R. White ⓘ John Paul Stevens ⓘ Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ Warren E. Burger ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
originatingJurisdiction	U.S. state of New York ⓘ surface form: State of New York
page	649 ⓘ
party	Benjamin Arthur Quarles ⓘ surface form: Benjamin Quarles U.S. state of New York ⓘ surface form: State of New York
policeQuestioningContext	custodial interrogation ⓘ
precedentStatus	binding precedent in U.S. federal courts ⓘ
publicSafetyExceptionCreated	yes ⓘ
relatedDoctrine	Miranda v. Arizona ⓘ
reporter	United States Reports ⓘ
result	conviction reinstated ⓘ
subsequentCitationFrequency	frequently cited in criminal procedure cases ⓘ
volume	467 ⓘ
yearDecided	1984 ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Court recognized a public safety exception to the requirement that Miranda warnings be given before custodial interrogation.