The Gravitational Pull of Miranda's Blackhole: The Curious Case of J.D.B. v. North Carolina

Date

2013

Authors

Allen, Ronald J.

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Publisher

Texas Tech Law Review

Abstract

This Article highlights one specific caution: an unthinking extension of the juvenile context into the adult, or relatedly, forgoing of the line drawing of the present system for a totality of the circumstances consideration of how to treat a person, may simply exacerbate preexisting anomalies, rather than serve any enduring or important interests-and actually may be counterproductive.

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Keywords

J.D.B. v. North Carolina, Miranda v. Arizona, Constitutional criminal procedure, Defenders of Miranda, Three-part rationale for divergent criminal punishments for juveniles and adult, Roper v. Simmons, Miranda warning

Citation

Ronald J. Allen, The Gravitational Pull of Miranda's Blackhole: The Curious Case of J.D.B. v. North Carolina, 46 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 143 (2013-2014)