No. 24-7178

Douglas Turner v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-05-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure due-process incarceration-setting interrogation-context miranda-warnings supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2025-06-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

After "Howes v. Fields," are Courts to treat interrogation of an incarcerated person as fundamentally equivalent to (or less serious) than interrogation in other, non-incarcerated settings?

If so does "Fields" create a conflict with cases like "Illinois v. Perkins," 496 US 292 (1990) warranting revisiting or reversing it?

Does the rule of "Missouri v. Seibert," 542 US 600 (2004) apply to any attempt of officers to deliberately avoid complying with "Miranda," or just the two step procedure in that case? Should Courts weigh such deliberate avoidance in "Miranda" cases?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether courts should treat interrogation of an incarcerated person as fundamentally equivalent to interrogation in non-incarcerated settings and whether Howes v. Fields creates a conflict with prior Supreme Court precedent

Docket Entries

2025-06-16
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/12/2025.
2025-05-21
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-05-21
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-04-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 11, 2025)

Attorneys

Douglas Turner
Douglas Turner — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent