James Madison University -- Dangerous for Students

<p>You don’t get a Miranda warning unless you are the subject of a criminal investigation, are in police custody and are being questioned. If the police try to introduce evidence of your in-custody statements you made after being prompted by law enforcement questions into your criminal trial, you can object. But, it sounds like the only evidence is that the trained police officer gave his reasons why he concluded that you were consuming alcohol and that you are under age.</p>

<p>James Madison had been long since mouldering in the grave when the Miranda ruling “created” the constitutional right to be advised that a you have the right to remain silent and the right to counsel before in-custody interrogation, however.</p>