WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has OK'd Florida's version of the well-known Miranda rights warning despite complaints that it wasn't clear a suspect could have a lawyer present during questioning.
The high court on Tuesday voted 7-2 to restore Kevin Dwayne Powell's weapons possession conviction, which had been thrown out because of the warning.
Officers told Powell: "You have the right to talk to a lawyer before answering any of our questions. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed for you without cost and before any questioning. You have the right to use any of these rights at any time you want during this interview."
The court majority said that makes it clear Powell could have a lawyer with him during questioning.
Court says HQ is where business executives are at
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court says a corporation's headquarters is where the company's executives work, not where the company's products are sold.
Hertz Corp. was sued in California state court. The company is headquartered in New Jersey and wanted the trial in federal court because it involved two different states.
Lower courts said Hertz was headquartered in California, because most of its business activity was there, and said the trial should be in California.
But the high court, agreeing with Hertz, said unanimously that Hertz is headquartered in New Jersey, because that is where high-level officers work.
The case goes to federal court for trial.
Souter to hear appeal of former RI hospital exec
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter will be on the bench next week when a former Providence hospital executive appeals his corruption conviction.
Souter will be part of a three-judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston next week.
He'll hear arguments March 3 in the case of Robert Urciuoli, the former president and chief executive of Roger Williams Medical Center who was convicted of buying a state lawmaker's influence. Urciuoli was sentenced to three years in prison, but has been allowed to remain free while he appeals his conviction.
Souter served on the 1st Circuit before being appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. He stepped down from the post last year.
Published: Wed, Feb 24, 2010
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