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Supreme Court Rules In-Custody Parolee not Protected by Miranda

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Not to be overshadowed today by the flood of opinions emanating from the United States Supreme Court, the Michigan Supreme Court rendered its opinion in the case of People v Elliot , Docket No. 144983 , a post-arrest confession case.  A gas station in Jackson County was robbed at gun point.  Samuel Elliot was on parole after being released from prison on another charge and the day following the robbery, he was arrested for a an unrelated parole violation warrant.  The police agency investigating the robbery attempted to interrogate Elliot after he was arrested on the warrant, but he invoked his right to remain silent after the officers advised of his rights pursuant to Miranda v Arizona . Three days later, a parole agent from the Michigan Department of Corrections conducted an interview of Elliot while he was housed at the county jail.  The agent served Elliot with his parole violation allegations and explained to him that he had violated his parole in a number of ways, including