Matt Kaplan Represents Client in Important Police Interrogation Appeal
Matt Kaplan recently argued before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals a case that may set an important precedent relating to police interrogation of suspects. Mr. Kaplan, on behalf of his client, argued that police officers improperly interrogated his client without giving him the warnings required by the Supreme Court's landmark Miranda v. Arizona decision. The U.S. government--which prosecuted this case--argued that the half-hour interaction between the police and the appellant should be broken into many individual segments and…